Eriksson is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Eriksson
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

The family name is a variant form of Ericsson. The son of Eric meaning "ever king".

How popular is Eriksson?

Eriksson is common in Sweden, Finland, Norway, United States, Thailand, Denmark, Australia, Estonia, Canada, England, Germany, Spain, Brazil, France, Egypt, Belgium, Poland.

Eriksson is ranked 3759 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Erikssons grew by 17.79 per cent to 1185 since 2000 and ranked 21912 after elevating 1618 spots. The last name was found in around 4 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.9 92.74
Hispanic or Latino 3.46 2.39
Others 2.11 2.29
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
1.94 1.89
Eriksson is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Sweden which signifies its Sweden provenence. Around 149396 people have been found who wears Eriksson as their family name. Eriksson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundred thousands of Eriksson:
5 Sweden135,547
Countries with thousands of Eriksson:
148 Finland4,885
192 Norway2,287
21,077 United States1,673
Countries with hundreds of Eriksson:
15,588 Thailand660
875 Denmark598
6,085 Australia553
265 Estonia391
11,137 Canada358
15,064 England346
35,132 Germany218
15,056 Spain205
38,207 Brazil196
56,838 France173
32,813 Egypt153
12,906 Belgium140
36,785 Poland122
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,414 Switzerland99
46,871 Argentina63
4,582 Bahrain59
58,838 South Africa59
154,559 Russia52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
38,971 Netherlands49
81,534 Italy40
6,278 Singapore39
1,043 Iceland34
837 Malta30
12,265 Portugal28
15,367 Chile27
35,058 Austria27
18,836 New Zealand26
8,362 Ireland22
13,396 Scotland19
3,950 China19
180,670 Philippines17
23,347 Venezuela16
12,484 Wales16
16,904 Ecuador12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
121,952 Malaysia9
85,740 Czechia9
40,289 United Arab Emirates8
8,962 Panama8
53,030 Hungary8
53,861 Mexico6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Laborer August Eriksson from Germany aboard the Nestorian from Liverpool. He is registered to be 24 years old when he arrived in USA on April 9, 1873. 40 years old H. Eriksson, Pehr Eriksson, aged 36, A.F. Eriksson, aged 21, 24 years old Anders Eriksson, Anders-J. Eriksson, Laborer Aug. Eriksson, Hilda Eriksson, aged 15, 42 years old Karin Eriksson, are other Eriksson that migrated to US.

Eriksson Namesakes

  • Sune Eriksson, politician
  • Mattias Eriksson, Swedish archer
  • Bert Eriksson, leading Flemish nationalist
  • Stefan Eriksson, Swedish criminal
  • Tommie Eriksson, Swedish musician
  • Hanna Eriksson, breaststroke and medley swimmer from Sweden
  • Lars-Börje Eriksson, former Swedish alpine skier
  • Alf Eriksson, Swedish Social Democratic politician
  • Birgitta Eriksson, Swedish social democratic politician
  • Liss Eriksson, Swedish sculptor
  • Martin Eriksson, retired Swedish pole vaulter
  • Dan Eriksson, former Swedish handball player
  • Folke Eriksson, Swedish water polo player
  • Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish football manager and former player
  • Viveka Eriksson, politician on the autonomous Åland Islands and the former Premier of Åland
  • Henry Eriksson, Swedish middle-distance runner
  • Emund Eriksson, Swedish king whose historicity is only known
  • Björn Eriksson, father of Olof Björnsson and Eric the Victorious
  • Kenneth Eriksson, now retired World Rally Championship rally driver
  • Jan Eriksson, former footballer from Sweden
  • Fredrik Eriksson, Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman
  • Bengt Eriksson, Swedish nordic combined skier
  • Gunnar Eriksson, Swedish cross-country skier
  • Harald Eriksson, Swedish cross-country skier
  • Anna-Lisa Eriksson, Swedish cross country skier
  • Loui Eriksson, Swedish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League
  • Daniel Eriksson, Swedish retired bandy player
  • Ulf Eriksson, retired football referee from Sollefteå
  • Kjell Eriksson, Swedish writer
  • Agneta Eriksson, Swedish former freestyle swimmer
  • Roland Eriksson, retired Swedish ice hockey forward
  • Bernhard Eriksson, Swedish social democratic politician
  • Clas Eriksson, retired professional Swedish ice hockey player
  • Tim Eriksson, professional Swedish ice hockey player
  • Charlotta Eriksson, Swedish stage actress
  • Mikael Eriksson, Swedish footballer currently playing for Jönköpings Södra IF

Eriksson Namesakes

  • Sune Eriksson, politician
  • Mattias Eriksson, Swedish archer
  • Bert Eriksson, leading Flemish nationalist
  • Stefan Eriksson, Swedish criminal
  • Tommie Eriksson, Swedish musician
  • Hanna Eriksson, breaststroke and medley swimmer from Sweden
  • Lars-Börje Eriksson, former Swedish alpine skier
  • Alf Eriksson, Swedish Social Democratic politician
  • Birgitta Eriksson, Swedish social democratic politician
  • Liss Eriksson, Swedish sculptor
  • Martin Eriksson, retired Swedish pole vaulter
  • Dan Eriksson, former Swedish handball player
  • Folke Eriksson, Swedish water polo player
  • Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish football manager and former player
  • Viveka Eriksson, politician on the autonomous Åland Islands and the former Premier of Åland
  • Henry Eriksson, Swedish middle-distance runner
  • Emund Eriksson, Swedish king whose historicity is only known
  • Björn Eriksson, father of Olof Björnsson and Eric the Victorious
  • Kenneth Eriksson, now retired World Rally Championship rally driver
  • Jan Eriksson, former footballer from Sweden
  • Fredrik Eriksson, Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman
  • Bengt Eriksson, Swedish nordic combined skier
  • Gunnar Eriksson, Swedish cross-country skier
  • Harald Eriksson, Swedish cross-country skier
  • Anna-Lisa Eriksson, Swedish cross country skier
  • Loui Eriksson, Swedish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League
  • Daniel Eriksson, Swedish retired bandy player
  • Ulf Eriksson, retired football referee from Sollefteå
  • Kjell Eriksson, Swedish writer
  • Agneta Eriksson, Swedish former freestyle swimmer
  • Roland Eriksson, retired Swedish ice hockey forward
  • Bernhard Eriksson, Swedish social democratic politician
  • Clas Eriksson, retired professional Swedish ice hockey player
  • Tim Eriksson, professional Swedish ice hockey player
  • Charlotta Eriksson, Swedish stage actress
  • Mikael Eriksson, Swedish footballer currently playing for Jönköpings Södra IF

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