Find out how popular the last name Tison is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Tison.

Tison, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Tison surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Tison in America

Tison is the 19885th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Tison surname appeared 1,351 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Tison.

We can also compare 2010 data for Tison to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Tison

The surname Tison originated in France and dates back to the early medieval period. It is derived from the Old French word "tison," meaning a firebrand or a burning piece of wood. The name likely referred to someone who worked with fire or lived near a forge.

In the Middle Ages, the Tison family was prominent in the region of Normandy. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, which documented landholders in England after the Norman Conquest. The entry mentions a Norman nobleman named Raoul Tison who held lands in Hampshire.

By the 12th century, the name had spread to other parts of France. A notable figure was Guillaume Tison, a knight who participated in the Third Crusade (1189-1192) under the command of King Richard I of England. Guillaume Tison's exploits are mentioned in contemporary chronicles of the Crusades.

In the 13th century, the name was well-established in the region of Picardy in northern France. Records from this period mention a village called Tisoncourt, derived from the surname Tison, indicating that the family had a significant presence in the area.

One of the most famous bearers of the Tison name was Jacques Tison (1525-1590), a French magistrate and legal scholar who served as the President of the Parlement of Paris, one of the highest judicial positions in the kingdom at the time.

Another notable Tison was Marie-Claude Tison (1694-1771), a French playwright and poet who wrote several popular comedies and tragedies that were performed in Parisian theaters during the 18th century.

In the 19th century, the Tison family produced several notable military figures. François-Joseph Tison (1803-1879) was a French general who fought in the Napoleonic Wars and later played a key role in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871. His brother, Louis-Étienne Tison (1809-1887), was also a prominent military commander during the same conflicts.

While the surname Tison has French origins, it has since spread to other parts of the world through emigration and has acquired various spellings and pronunciations in different languages and cultures.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Tison

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Tison.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Tison was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Tison has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Tison was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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