Last Name DYSON

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Meaning The son of Dionosia, from the nickname Dye or Dy, whence the patronymic Dyson. Almost all Dysons hail from Yorkshire, where the font-name had a popularity second only to those of Matilda and Isabel. Or course Dionisius, teh masuline form, was not inknown, and for a time Denny and Dennis were the common property of both sexes.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Belgian

Rank 2,869 (2000 US census) 2,455 (1990 US census)
Count 11,502 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 61.82%, or 7111 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 34.23%, or 3937 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.47%, or 54 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.32%, or 37 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.94%, or 223 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.22%, or 140 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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