Explore the Family Name Tolleson

The meaning of Tolleson

1. English: variant of Tollison. 2. Americanized form of Swedish Tollesson: rare patronymic from a variant of the personal name Torleiv (see Tollefsen). 3. Altered form of Tollefson, a surname of Norwegian origin.

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How common is the last name Tolleson in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Tolleson has slightly decreased between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Tolleson ranked 14,646th in terms of popularity and had a count of 1,862. By 2010, its rank dropped to 15,380, marking a decrease of 5.01%, while the count rose modestly to 1,907, indicating an increase of 2.42%. The proportion per 100,000 also fell from 0.69 to 0.65, witnessing a decline of 5.8%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#14,646	#15,380	-5.01%
Count	1,862	1,907	2.42%
Proportion per 100k	0.69	0.65	-5.8%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Tolleson

When it comes to ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of individuals with the Tolleson surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, albeit dropping slightly from 96.08% to 95.02%. However, there were noticeable increases in other ethnic identities during this period. Those identifying as Hispanic rose from 1.72% to 2.05%, an increase of 19.19%. The percentage of those recognizing themselves as American Indian and Alaskan Native also grew significantly by 46.3%, from 0.54% to 0.79%. Interestingly, Asian/Pacific Islander and Black categories emerged in 2010, accounting for 0.42% and 0.47% respectively, which were not present in 2000. Finally, those identifying as belonging to two or more races increased by 11.50% from 1.13% to 1.26%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.08%	95.02%	-1.1%
Hispanic	1.72%	2.05%	19.19%
Two or More Races	1.13%	1.26%	11.5%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.54%	0.79%	46.3%
Black	0%	0.47%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.42%	0%