Stephenson

46,615 people in the United States were counted with the surname Stephenson in the 2020 census, making it the 723rd most common in the country. That is about one person in 6,412.

By the numbers

People: 46,615
Rank: 723rd
How common: 1 in 6,412
Per 100,000: 15.6

Where the name comes from

Origin a patronymic

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

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 76.9%
Black, not Hispanic 13.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino 3.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Stephenson

George Stephenson (1781–1848)English civil and mechanical engineer and the "Father of Railways"
Robert Stephenson (1803–1859)British railway engineer and locomotive designer
Neal Stephenson (born 1959)American science fiction writer
Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (born 1953)American Wikipedia editor, focused on closing its gender gap; Knight of Serbia
Lance Stephenson (born 1990)American basketball player
James Stephenson (1889–1941)British-American actor
Pamela Stephenson (born 1949)New Zealand clinical psychologist, writer and actress
Henry Stephenson (1871–1956)British stage and film actor

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

Surnames like Stephenson

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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.