Explore the Family Name Israelson

The meaning of Israelson

1. Americanized form (and a very rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Israelsson: patronymic from the personal name Israel 1. 2. Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Israelsen, a rare cognate of 1 above. 3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Israel 1. Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Nels. German Fritzi.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Israelson saw a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 38,524th most popular in the United States with 540 bearers, falling to 40,909th place in 2010 despite only dropping by seven individuals to 533 bearers. This represents a -1.3% change in count. The proportion of Israelsons per 100k people also dropped from 0.2 in 2000 to 0.18 in 2010, marking a -10% change.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#38,524	#40,909	-6.19%
Count	540	533	-1.3%
Proportion per 100k	0.2	0.18	-10%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Israelson

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census reported that the majority of Israelsons identified as White in both 2000 (97.22%) and 2010 (95.68%), although this figure dropped slightly over the decade. There was a notable rise in those identifying as Hispanic, jumping from 1.11% in 2000 to 2.44% in 2010, which is an increase of 119.82%. Additionally, those identifying with two or more ethnic identities increased by 35.14%, from 1.11% to 1.50% over the same period. Meanwhile, there were no Israelsons identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.22%	95.68%	-1.58%
Hispanic	1.11%	2.44%	119.82%
Two or More Races	1.11%	1.5%	35.14%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%