How common is the surname Thomasson?

4,844 people in the United States had the surname Thomasson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,738 Americans. It ranked 6,926th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Thomasson?

Thomasson is /ˈtɑməsən/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Thomasson getting more or less common?

More common. 4,606 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,844 in 2010, up 5.2%.

What are other spellings of Thomasson?

Tomson, Tompson, Thompson, Thomson and Thomason.

The surname Thomasson

A patronymic surname, carried by 4,844 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈtɑməsən/ 3 syllables Soundex T525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thomasson is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

From Thomas + -son. Literally, “son of Thomas”.

Thomasson 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 4,844 people named Thomasson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,738 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,606.

#6,926

rank among US surnames

4,844

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #6,746)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,918	Moorer	4,849	63,672
#6,921	Marty	4,848	63,685
#6,924	Loudermilk	4,845	63,725
#6,926	Neary	4,844	63,738
#6,928	Borg	4,843	63,751
#6,930	Fordham	4,838	63,817

Who is named Thomasson

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

87% of people named Thomasson identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.1%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Thomasson

Thomasson has the Soundex code T525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T525.

Questions

Where does the surname Thomasson come from?: From Thomas + -son. Literally, “son of Thomas”.
How common is the surname Thomasson?: 4,844 people in the United States had the surname Thomasson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,738 Americans. It ranked 6,926th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thomasson?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Thomasson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Thomasson?: Thomasson is /ˈtɑməsən/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Thomasson?: Thomasson is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Thomasson getting more or less common?: More common. 4,606 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,844 in 2010, up 5.2%.
What are other spellings of Thomasson?: Tomson, Tompson, Thompson, Thomson and Thomason.