Last Name TOMLIN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The son of Thomas, frm the nickname Tom, and diminutive Tom-lin.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	2,888 (2000 US census)	2,636 (1990 US census)

Count	11,397 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

77.62%, or 8846 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
18.51%, or 2110 total occurrences, as black,
0.39%, or 44 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.49%, or 56 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.51%, or 172 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.48%, or 169 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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