PEARSON is ranked as the 284th most popular family name in the United States with an
estimated population of 118,511.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the last names are more popular.
There are 37.17 people named PEARSON for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a last name, 100% of the time.
Based on US Census Bureau data the estimated population of people named PEARSON is
116,600, the rank is 281
and the proportion per 100k Americans named PEARSON is 36.60.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
PEARSON is
74.5% White,
1.4% Hispanic origin,
21.6% Black,
0.5% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.6% Two or More Races,
and 0.4% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name PEARSON have a higher likelyhood of being Black and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name PEARSON is included in the following name categories:
Not Categorized
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name PEARSON
The state with the most people named
PEARSON is
California where
11,271 people have this name.
Minnesota is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named PEARSON, as
86.36 in every 100,000
Minnesotans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Minnesota.
Minnesota is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
West Virginia
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name PEARSON
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
5,292
41.09
99.9%
Indiana
2,824
42.81
99.7%
Iowa
1,493
48.07
99.8%
Kansas
1,392
47.95
99.6%
Michigan
3,249
32.79
99.9%
Minnesota
4,713
86.36
100.0%
Missouri
2,160
72.16
99.4%
Nebraska
887
47.14
99.6%
North Dakota
458
61.98
99.4%
Ohio
2,568
22.15
99.7%
South Dakota
460
53.9
99.4%
Wisconsin
1,785
31.01
99.8%
West States
State stats for the first name PEARSON
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
462
62.7
99.2%
Arizona
2,589
38.46
99.8%
California
11,271
29.05
99.9%
Colorado
2,202
41.11
99.8%
Hawaii
253
17.81
98.4%
Idaho
906
55.41
99.5%
Montana
494
48.28
99.4%
Nevada
1,082
38.12
99.6%
New Mexico
581
27.86
98.9%
Oregon
1,870
47.11
99.7%
Utah
1,963
66.69
99.6%
Washington
4,279
60.6
99.9%
Wyoming
270
46.29
98.8%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name PEARSON
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
958
26.65
99.6%
Maine
367
27.57
97.6%
Massachusetts
1,873
27.77
99.6%
New Hampshire
402
30.28
98.6%
New Jersey
2,491
27.87
99.8%
New York
3,665
18.56
99.8%
Pennsylvania
3,142
24.57
99.8%
Rhode Island
346
32.82
98.8%
Vermont
227
36.29
98.7%
South States
State stats for the first name PEARSON
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have PEARSON as a last name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named PEARSON.
The most popular full name is David PEARSON.
1.84% of all the people named PEARSON
have this given name.
There are 3464 first
names associated with this last name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name PEARSON