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    The surname Ison

    A surname, carried by 6,697 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex I250

    Ison: #5,213 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ison #5,213, 6,697 people Ison: #5,213 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ison #5,213, 6,697 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ison is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,697 people named Ison in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,102 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,110.

    #5,213
    rank among US surnames
    6,697
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.6%
    change since 2000 (was #5,248)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,209Arena6,70646,040
    #5,210Colton6,70446,054
    #5,212Mandel6,70346,061
    #5,213Ison6,69746,102

    Who is named Ison

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

    86% of people named Ison identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ison

    Ison has the Soundex code I250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I250.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ison?
    6,697 people in the United States had the surname Ison in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,102 Americans. It ranked 5,213th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ison?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Ison identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ison getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,110 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,697 in 2010, up 9.6%.