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    The surname Tollison

    A surname, carried by 2,319 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex T425

    Tollison: #13,184 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tollison #13,184, 2,319 people Tollison: #13,184 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tollison #13,184, 2,319 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tollison is more common than 91.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,319 people named Tollison in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,137 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,127.

    #13,184
    rank among US surnames
    2,319
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9%
    change since 2000 (was #13,173)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,177Kennison2,320133,080
    #13,184Landman2,319133,137
    #13,186Moraga2,318133,195
    #13,190Pimental2,317133,252

    Who is named Tollison

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

    93% of people named Tollison identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tollison

    Tollison 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 Tollison?
    2,319 people in the United States had the surname Tollison in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,137 Americans. It ranked 13,184th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tollison?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Tollison identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Tollison getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,127 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,319 in 2010, up 9.0%.