How Many People Have the Last Name Payson?
people had the surname Payson in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 238,095 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 13 others
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
−101 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Payson (91.3%) are non-Hispanic White. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Payson ranks #17,046. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
Withheld: too few people to publish.
📈 Change Since 2000
Payson fell from 1,336 people in 2000 to 1,235 in 2010 (down 7.6%), and its rank fell from #18,909 to #21,237.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 1,336 | 1,235 |
| Rank | #18,909 | #21,237 |
| Per 100,000 people | 0.5 | 0.42 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Payson
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Payson: P250
👤 Payson as a First Name
Payson is a first name too: about 2,565 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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