Surname Checker / Emerson
How Common Is the Last Name Emerson?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Emerson today
33,994
Ranked #1,145 of 162,254 published surnames · 10.41 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 30,702 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
84.83%
Black
8.19%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.71%
Hispanic
2.68%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.