# Tompson (surname)

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

A surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,256 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,961 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 245,817 people |
| Change since 2000 | -13.3% (1,448 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Thompson, Thomson, Thomasson, Thomason, Tomson |

## Etymology

From Tom + -son. Literally, “son of Thomas”.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tompson 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) | 68% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tompson in the United States.

## People named Tompson

- Ruthie Tompson, American animator (1910–2021)

## Similar surnames

Timpson, Thompson, Tompkins, Thompkins, Toombs.

## 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.