Last Name TOLSON

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Meaning	The son of Thomas. Odd as it may seem, this is are but corruption of Tomlinson, and in the Lake District and other parts of North ENgland it has gone through the stages of Towlinson and Towlnson to Towlson. Townson is the popular modern form.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	5,988 (2000 US census)	6,673 (1990 US census)

Count	5,295 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

66.8%, or 3537 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
29.22%, or 1547 total occurrences, as black,
0.09%, or 5 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.51%, or 27 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.15%, or 114 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.23%, or 65 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Shortest baby names

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