Last Name TYSON

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The son of Dionise, from the nickname Dy, whence Dyson, sharpened to Tyson. The son of 'Tys,' an abbreviation, among the Dutch, of Matthias.

Origin	English, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, South african

Rank	1,152 (2000 US census)	934 (1990 US census)

Count	27,911 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

55.61%, or 15521 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
40.26%, or 11237 total occurrences, as black,
0.37%, or 103 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.62%, or 173 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.81%, or 505 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.34%, or 374 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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