Explore the Family Name Hansson

The meaning of Hansson

1. Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Hans. 2. Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, or North German Hanssen, a cognate of 1 above. Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Anders, Erik, Niels, Elof, Gudrun, Jarl, Lennart, Mats, Niklas, Per, Sten. Dutch Henrik. German Hans, Elfriede, Kurt.

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How common is the last name Hansson in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Hansson has declined slightly in the United States between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 38,644th most common surname in the country, but by 2010, it fell to 40,800th place, marking a change of -5.58%. The number of people with this last name also dropped marginally from 538 in 2000 to 535 in 2010, accounting for a -0.56% change. This reduced the proportion of people named Hansson per 100k from 0.2 to 0.18, a 10% decrease.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#38,644	#40,800	-5.58%
Count	538	535	-0.56%
Proportion per 100k	0.2	0.18	-10%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hansson

The census data also provides insights into the ethnic identities associated with the surname Hansson. As of 2010, the majority of people with this surname identified as White, though this decreased from 92.94% in 2000 to 92.15% in 2010. Meanwhile, there was a significant increase in those identifying as Hispanic, rising from 1.67% of Hanssons in 2000 to 2.99% in 2010, a 79.04% increase. There were small percentages who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Two or more races. However, no Hanssons identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year according to the Decennial U.S. Census data.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.94%	92.15%	-0.85%
Hispanic	1.67%	2.99%	79.04%
Two or More Races	2.42%	2.62%	8.26%
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.04%	2.06%	0.98%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%