# Tison (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tison/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,351 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,885 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 228,531 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.1% (1,352 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Tyson |

## Etymology

From Old French tison (“firebrand”), originating as a nickname in French.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tison in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tison in Belgium.

## People named Tison

- Charlotte Tison, Belgian association football player

## Similar surnames

Tyson, Tuason, Tecson, Toscano, Theisen, Thiessen, Tassone, Tassin, Tuazon, Teigen, Tashjian, Towson.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.