How common is the surname Dyson?

12,017 people in the United States had the surname Dyson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,692 Americans. It ranked 2,984th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dyson?

Jarrod Dyson, American baseball player, followed by George Dyson.

Where is the surname Dyson most common?

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

How do you pronounce Dyson?

Dyson is /ˈdaɪ.sən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Dyson getting more or less common?

More common. 11,502 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,017 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname Dyson

A patronymic surname, carried by 12,017 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdaɪ.sən/ 2 syllables Soundex D250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dyson is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

A patronymic English surname, from Dennis + -son, compare Tyson, Tennyson.

Dyson is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,017 people named Dyson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,692 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,502.

#2,984

rank among US surnames

12,017

people in 2010

4.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #2,869)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,975	Guo	12,048	25,626
#2,976	Littlejohn	12,047	25,628
#2,977	Carlin	12,035	25,654
#2,978	Kimbrough	12,034	25,656
#2,979	Low	12,032	25,660
#2,981	Landrum	12,026	25,673
#2,982	Champagne	12,023	25,680

Who is named Dyson

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

59% of people named Dyson identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 59%
Black (not Hispanic) 36%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dysons

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jarrod Dyson
American baseball player, born 1984
George Dyson
American historian (born 1953)
Hugo Dyson
British academic and writer (1896-1975)
Jerome Dyson
American basketball player (born 1987)
Ronnie Dyson
American singer and actor (1950-1990)
Sam Dyson
American baseball player, born 1988
Roy Dyson
American politician, born 1948

Notable Dysons come mostly from the United States (6) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Dysan

Surnames that sound like Dyson

Dyson has the Soundex code D250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D250.

Questions

Where does the surname Dyson come from?: A patronymic English surname, from Dennis + -son, compare Tyson, Tennyson.
How common is the surname Dyson?: 12,017 people in the United States had the surname Dyson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,692 Americans. It ranked 2,984th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dyson?: In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Dyson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dyson?: Jarrod Dyson, American baseball player, followed by George Dyson.
Where is the surname Dyson most common?: Wikidata records people named Dyson in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Dyson?: Dyson is /ˈdaɪ.sən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Dyson?: Dyson is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Dyson getting more or less common?: More common. 11,502 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,017 in 2010, up 4.5%.
What are other spellings of Dyson?: Dysan.