How common is the surname Tolson?

5,630 people in the United States had the surname Tolson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,839 Americans. It ranked 6,093rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tolson?

Clyde Tolson, associate director of the FBI (1900–1975), followed by Max Tolson.

Where is the surname Tolson most common?

Wikidata records people named Tolson in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Tolson getting more or less common?

More common. 5,295 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,630 in 2010, up 6.3%.

The surname Tolson

An English place surname, carried by 5,630 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tolson is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

* As an English surname, from Middle English personal name Tolle (see Towle) + -son. * Also as an English surname, from the place Toulston in Yorkshire.

Tolson is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,630 people named Tolson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,839 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,295.

#6,093

rank among US surnames

5,630

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+6.3%

change since 2000 (was #5,988)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,087	Hollinger	5,634	54,800
#6,088	Laguna	5,633	54,810
#6,091	Worsham	5,631	54,830
#6,093	Tolson	5,630	54,839
#6,094	Brenneman	5,629	54,849
#6,097	Westcott	5,626	54,878

Who is named Tolson

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

66% of people named Tolson identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Black (not Hispanic) 29%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tolsons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Clyde Tolson
Associate director of the FBI (1900–1975)
Max Tolson
Australian soccer player, born 1945

Notable Tolsons come mostly from the United States (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tolson

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Tolson come from?: * As an English surname, from Middle English personal name Tolle (see Towle) + -son. * Also as an English surname, from the place Toulston in Yorkshire.
How common is the surname Tolson?: 5,630 people in the United States had the surname Tolson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,839 Americans. It ranked 6,093rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tolson?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Tolson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tolson?: Clyde Tolson, associate director of the FBI (1900–1975), followed by Max Tolson.
Where is the surname Tolson most common?: Wikidata records people named Tolson in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Tolson?: Tolson is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Tolson getting more or less common?: More common. 5,295 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,630 in 2010, up 6.3%.