How common is the last name Stephenson?

46,615 people in the United States have the last name Stephenson, about 1 in 6,412. It ranks #723 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

STEPHENSON

#723

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
46,615
About
1 in 6,412
This common or more
36%
Who bears it

Of the 46,615 people with the last name Stephenson, 76.9% reported their origin as White, 13.8% as Black and 4.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Stephenson

#721 Gilmore · 46,765#722 Humphrey · 46,668#724 Prince · 46,551#725 Solomon · 46,541

Spelled almost the same

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

#197 Stephens · 139,485#445 Stevenson · 72,286#54,873 Steffenson · 405#55,761 Stephensen · 397#142,049 Stephanson · 120

Also a first name

As a first name, Stephenson ranks #26,063 of 53,615, with 360 people. See Stephenson as a first name

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