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    The surname Tison

    A nickname surname, carried by 1,351 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T250

    Tison: #19,885 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tison #19,885, 1,351 people Tison: #19,885 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tison #19,885, 1,351 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tison is more common than 87.7% of them.

    Origin

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

    Tison is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,351 people named Tison in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 228,531 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,352.

    #19,885
    rank among US surnames
    1,351
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #18,755)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,878Jacobowitz1,352228,362
    #19,885Farabaugh1,351228,531

    Who is named Tison

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

    91% of people named Tison identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.3%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Tisons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Charlotte Tison
      Belgian association football player, born 1998

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Tison

    Tison has the Soundex code T250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T250.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tison come from?
    From Old French tison (“firebrand”), originating as a nickname in French.
    How common is the surname Tison?
    1,351 people in the United States had the surname Tison in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,531 Americans. It ranked 19,885th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tison?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Tison identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Tison?
    Charlotte Tison, Belgian association football player.
    Where is the surname Tison most common?
    Wikidata records people named Tison in Belgium.
    What type of surname is Tison?
    Tison is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Tison getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,352 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,351 in 2010, down 0.1%.
    What are other spellings of Tison?
    Tyson.