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    The surname Tomson

    A patronymic surname, carried by 1,102 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T525

    Tomson: #23,153 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tomson #23,153, 1,102 people Tomson: #23,153 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tomson #23,153, 1,102 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tomson is more common than 85.7% of them.

    Origin

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

    Tomson is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,102 people named Tomson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 280,168 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 982.

    #23,153
    rank among US surnames
    1,102
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.2%
    change since 2000 (was #23,986)

    Who is named Tomson

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

    83% of people named Tomson identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Tomson

    Tomson has the Soundex code T525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T525.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tomson come from?
    From Tom + -son. Literally, “son of Thomas”.
    How common is the surname Tomson?
    1,102 people in the United States had the surname Tomson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,168 Americans. It ranked 23,153rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tomson?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Tomson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Tomson?
    Tomson is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Tomson getting more or less common?
    More common. 982 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,102 in 2010, up 12%.
    What are other spellings of Tomson?
    Tompson, Thompson, Thomson, Thomason and Thomasson.