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    The surname Tolleson

    A surname, carried by 1,907 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex T425

    Tolleson: #15,380 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tolleson #15,380, 1,907 people Tolleson: #15,380 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tolleson #15,380, 1,907 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tolleson is more common than 90.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,907 people named Tolleson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,901 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,862.

    #15,380
    rank among US surnames
    1,907
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #14,646)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,380Tolleson1,907161,901
    #15,386Leet1,906161,986

    Who is named Tolleson

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

    95% of people named Tolleson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tolleson

    Tolleson 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 Tolleson?
    1,907 people in the United States had the surname Tolleson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,901 Americans. It ranked 15,380th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tolleson?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Tolleson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Tolleson getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,862 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,907 in 2010, up 2.4%.