How common is the last name Pedersen?

19,674 people in the United States have the last name Pedersen, about 1 in 15,193. It ranks #1,783 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

PEDERSEN

#1,783

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
19,674
About
1 in 15,193
This common or more
46.4%
Who bears it

Of the 19,674 people with the last name Pedersen, 91.4% reported their origin as White, 3.5% as two or more races and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Pedersen

#1,781 Westbrook · 19,701#1,782 Bassett · 19,694#1,784 Carlisle · 19,643#1,785 Deal · 19,638

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Pedersen, most common first.

#77 Peterson · 265,150#563 Petersen · 58,885#2,577 Pederson · 13,694#20,083 Pettersen · 1,341

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