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    The surname Tillson

    A surname, carried by 1,235 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T425

    Tillson: #21,237 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tillson #21,237, 1,235 people Tillson: #21,237 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tillson #21,237, 1,235 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tillson is more common than 86.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,235 people named Tillson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,996 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,073.

    #21,237
    rank among US surnames
    1,235
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.1%
    change since 2000 (was #22,384)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #21,228Corle1,236249,794
    #21,237Tillson1,235249,996

    Who is named Tillson

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

    93% of people named Tillson identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tillson

    Tillson has the Soundex code T425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T425.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tillson?
    1,235 people in the United States had the surname Tillson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,996 Americans. It ranked 21,237th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tillson?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Tillson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Tillson getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,073 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,235 in 2010, up 15%.