How Many People Have the Last Name Robertson?
people had the surname Robertson in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 1,920 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+3,367 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Robertson (73.4%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 20.6%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Robertson ranks #124. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Robertson grew from 150,299 people in 2000 to 153,666 in 2010 (up 2.2%), and its rank fell from #159 to #175. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 55.72 to 52.09 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 150,299 | 153,666 |
| Rank | #159 | #175 |
| Per 100,000 people | 55.72 | 52.09 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Robertson
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Robertson: R163
👤 Robertson as a First Name
Robertson is a first name too: about 405 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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