Tomlinson

Tomlinson is the 1,465th most common surname in the United States, shared by 23,710 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 12,600.

By the numbers

People: 23,710
Rank: 1,465th
How common: 1 in 12,600
Per 100,000: 7.9

Where the name comes from

Origin a patronymic

From a diminutive form.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Tomlinson described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 80.0%
Black, not Hispanic 10.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino 4.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Tomlinson

Louis Tomlinson (born 1991)English singer and songwriter
Raymond Tomlinson (1941–2016)American computer programmer
Eleanor Tomlinson (born 1992)British actress
David Tomlinson (1917–2000)English actor
Chris Tomlinson (born 1981)British athlete
LaDainian Tomlinson (born 1979)American football player
Taylor Tomlinson (born 1993)American stand-up comedian

People named Tomlinson with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Tomlinson

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.