Explore the Family Name Lageson

The meaning of Lageson

1. Americanized form of Norwegian Lagesen: patronymic from Lage, a personal name meaning ‘friend’, which is of the same origin as -lagi in Old Norse félagi ‘comrade, partner’. 2. Americanized form (and a very rare Swedish variant) of Lagesson, a rare Swedish cognate of 1 above. Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Knute.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Lageson experienced a decline in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked at 70,906 but fell to 79,075 in 2010; this represents an 11.52% decrease. The count of individuals with this surname also saw a decrease during this period from 257 to 241, marking a 6.23% reduction. The proportion of the population with this surname per 100k people also dropped by 20%, down to 0.08 from 0.1.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#70,906	#79,075	-11.52%
Count	257	241	-6.23%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.08	-20%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lageson

On the topic of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals bearing the Lageson surname identify as White. This group made up 94.94% of all Lagesons in 2000 and slightly decreased to 93.78% in 2010, showing a minor change of -1.22%. The Hispanic population with this surname showed a slight increase of 24.46%, going from 2.33% in 2000 to 2.90% in 2010. There were no reported changes in the Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native populations with this surname. The group identifying as "Two or more races" was recorded at 1.95% in 2000, but this data was suppressed for 2010 for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.94%	93.78%	-1.22%
Hispanic	2.33%	2.9%	24.46%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.95%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%