# Tyus (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,102 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,387 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 99,531 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.5% (2,939 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tyus 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) | 17% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 78% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tyus in the United States.

## People named Tyus

- Wyomia Tyus, American sprinter
- Alex Tyus, American-Israeli basketball player who converted to Judaism

## Similar surnames

Teague, Tsai, Tuck, Tice, Theis, Tse, Thach, Tighe, Tucci, Thies, Tesch, Tague.

## 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.