Magnuson

At the 2020 census, 7,696 Americans bore the surname Magnuson — 4,469th out of 156,621 surnames on file. That is about one person in 38,800.

By the numbers

People: 7,696
Rank: 4,469th
How common: 1 in 38,800
Per 100,000: 2.6

Where the name comes from

From the gmq/Scandinavian surname, from Swedish Magnusson, Danish and Norwegian Magnussen, all from Old Norse Magnusen, a patronym meaning "son of Magnus, " from Latin Magnus, from magnus (“great”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Magnuson described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 92.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino 2.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%
Black, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Magnuson

Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson (born 1943)Swedish princess; elder sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
Ann Magnuson (born 1956)actress, performance artist, singer
Christine Magnuson (born 1985)American swimmer
Warren Magnuson (1905–1989)American politician
Thomas Magnuson (born 1950)Swedish cross-country skier

People named Magnuson with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Magnuson

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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.