Explore the Family Name Sigurdson

The meaning of Sigurdson

1. Americanized form (and a very rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Sigurdsson: patronymic from the personal name Sigurd, Old Norse Sigurthr, composed of the elements sig ‘victory’ + varthr ‘guardian’. 2. Americanized form of Norwegian Sigurdsen, a cognate of 1 above. Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Arni, Bjorn, Sig.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the Sigurdson surname's popularity has seen a slight decrease from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it ranked 35,757 in popularity, but by 2010, it slipped to rank 37,180, marking a negative 3.98% change. Over the same period, the number of people having this surname modestly increased from 594 to 600, marking an increase of 1.01%. However, the proportion per 100,000 people decreased by 9.09%, from 0.22 in 2000 to 0.20 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#35,757	#37,180	-3.98%
Count	594	600	1.01%
Proportion per 100k	0.22	0.2	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sigurdson

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the surname Sigurdson, data from the Decennial U.S. Census suggests that the majority of individuals with this surname identify as White, although this percentage decreased slightly from 97.64% in 2000 to 95.83% in 2010. Interestingly, there was no record of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during both census periods. A small proportion identified as being of Two or More Races, which saw a decrease from 1.35% in 2000 to 1.00% in 2010. The Hispanic representation made a new appearance in 2010 at 2.50%, up from zero in the previous decade.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.64%	95.83%	-1.85%
Hispanic	0%	2.5%	0%
Two or More Races	1.35%	1%	-25.93%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%