Larson
At the 2020 census, 117,441 Americans bore the surname Larson — 257th out of 156,621 surnames on file. That is about one person in 2,545.
By the numbers
- People
- 117,441
- Rank
- 257th
- How common
- 1 in 2,545
- Per 100,000
- 39.3
Where the name comes from
Origin a given name
Originally from a Middle English pet form. In the United States, a common anglicization of the Swedish Larsson and Danish and Norwegian Larsen.
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Who bears the name
How people with the surname Larson described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:
Notable people called Larson
- Brie Larson (born 1989)American actress, singer and filmmaker
- Kyle Larson (born 1992)American racing driver
- Jonathan Larson (1960–1996)American composer and playwright
- Jordan Larson (born 1986)volleyball player
- Gary Larson (born 1950)American cartoonist
- Glen A. Larson (1937–2014)American television producer and writer
- Lance Larson (1940–2024)American swimmer
- John B. Larson (born 1948)United States Representative from Connecticut
People named Larson with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Surnames like Larson
Also a first name
Larson has been given to 1,771 American babies as a first name since 1917, peaking in 2023. See it as a given name.
Try it on yourself
Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.