# Addison (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/addison/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 18,169 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,986 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,993 people |
| Change since 2000 | +10% (16,474 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | [ˈæɾɪsən], 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

A patronymic surname from a medieval diminutive form of Adam + -son.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Addison in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 51% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 43% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Addison in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Addison

- Thomas Addison, 19th-century British physician and scientist
- John Addison, British composer (1920–1998)
- Chris Addison, British comedian, writer, actor, and director (born 1971)
- Adele Addison, American opera singer
- Nancy Addison, actress (1946-2002)
- William Addison, American chess player (1933–2008)
- Rafael Addison, American basketball player (born 1964)
- Linda Addison, American poet, writer (born 1952)

## Similar surnames

Adkins, Adkinson, Atkinson, Atkins, Aitken, Atkin.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.