as a Last Name
- 80,358
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Erickson
Meaning & Origins
Respelling of a Scandinavian and North German patronymic derived from the Old Norse personal name Eiríkr, which is composed of ei ‘ever’, ‘always’ (or a reduced form of ein ‘one’, ‘only’) + rík ‘power’. The main forms are Erichsen, Eriksen, Ericsson, and Eriksson.
| 325th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 80,358
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Erickson per capita
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