How common is the last name Tyson?

27,872 people in the United States have the last name Tyson, about 1 in 10,724. It ranks #1,240 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

TYSON

#1,240

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
27,872
About
1 in 10,724
This common or more
42.2%
Who bears it

Of the 27,872 people with the last name Tyson, 51.5% reported their origin as White, 39.3% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Also a first name

As a first name, Tyson ranks #1,071 of 53,615, with 38,788 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2009, with 1,491 births. See Tyson as a first name

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