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    The surname Ollison

    A surname, carried by 1,029 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex O425

    Ollison: #24,352 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ollison #24,352, 1,029 people Ollison: #24,352 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Ollison #24,352, 1,029 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ollison is more common than 85% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,029 people named Ollison in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,044 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 932.

    #24,352
    rank among US surnames
    1,029
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.4%
    change since 2000 (was #25,006)

    Who is named Ollison

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

    81% of people named Ollison identified as Black (not Hispanic), 13% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 81%
    • White (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Two or more races 3.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ollison

    Ollison has the Soundex code O425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O425.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ollison?
    1,029 people in the United States had the surname Ollison in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,044 Americans. It ranked 24,352nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ollison?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Ollison identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 13% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ollison getting more or less common?
    More common. 932 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,029 in 2010, up 10%.