The Person surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 67,411 people carried this name — #496 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,380 people counted. That is up 252% from 19,129 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Person surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Originally a patronymic form Per + -son "son of Per". A rare spelling variant of Persson.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Person» (Swedish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,121 people named Person.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 63 départements, most often Finistère.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 82 people named Person live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
32 people named Person have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 54 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
128 people named Person is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Person in American newspapers,
1790–1905.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,634,019 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Person,
with a public archive behind them.
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Félix Person 1795–1876 · politician -
Person Gobelinus 1358–1421 · priest
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Olaus Petri 1493–1552 · judge
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Christian Person 1594–1655 · Inspecteur général des finances
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Lars Person Nedre Rossavik 1594–1680
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Nikolaus Person 1650–1710 · copper engraver
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Person.
- Perrotte 257 · U.S. census
- Perry 221,741 · U.S. census
- Pers 126 · U.S. census
- Perse 176 · U.S. census
- Persico 1,263 · U.S. census
- Persin 240 · U.S. census
- Persyn 338 · U.S. census
- Peru 818 · U.S. census
- Perucca 171 · U.S. census
- Peruch 135 · U.S. census
- Perugini 967 · U.S. census
- Perusse 607 · U.S. census
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