Explore the Family Name Rasmusson

The meaning of Rasmusson

1. Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Rasmus. 2. Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Rasmussen, a cognate of 1 above. Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Britt, Hjalmer, Juel, Petter.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Rasmusson has decreased slightly in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, this surname ranked 23,638th in prevalence, but by 2010, it had fallen to 25,935th, a decrease of about 9.72%. The actual count of individuals with this surname also declined from an estimated 1,000 in 2000 to 947 in 2010, reflecting a drop of approximately 5.3%. This resulted in the proportion per 100k people falling from 0.37 in 2000 to 0.32 in 2010, showing a decrease of around 13.51%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#23,638	#25,935	-9.72%
Count	1,000	947	-5.3%
Proportion per 100k	0.37	0.32	-13.51%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Rasmusson

Regarding ethnicity, the census data showed interesting shifts over the same decade. While the number of individuals identifying as White fell slightly from 95.8% in 2000 to 94.19% in 2010, the percentage of Hispanic identified individuals more than doubled from 1.5% to 3.06%. The Asian/Pacific Islander group saw an increase from 0.9% to 1.16%, and there was a new category for those claiming two or more races at 0.84%. However, the percentage of American Indian and Alaskan Natives dropped to zero, and there were no individuals who identified as Black in either census year. All these changes are according to the Decennial U.S. Census data.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.8%	94.19%	-1.68%
Hispanic	1.5%	3.06%	104%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.9%	1.16%	28.89%
Two or More Races	0%	0.84%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.8%	0%	0%