How rare is the last name Pederson?

13,694 people in the United States have the last name Pederson, about 1 in 21,827. It ranks #2,577 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

PEDERSON

#2,577

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,694
About
1 in 21,827
This common or more
50.8%
Who bears it

Of the 13,694 people with the last name Pederson, 91.9% reported their origin as White, 3.1% as two or more races and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Pederson

1 other last name also has 13,694 people.

#2,577 Shelley · 13,694

Either side of Pederson

#2,575 Trinidad · 13,705#2,576 Beam · 13,696#2,577 Shelley · 13,694#2,579 Alcantara · 13,687

Spelled almost the same

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

#77 Peterson · 265,150#563 Petersen · 58,885#1,783 Pedersen · 19,674#11,132 Petterson · 2,720#76,236 Petersohn · 272#102,982 Petersson · 186

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