How Many People Have the Last Name Thompson?
people had the surname Thompson in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 444 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+20,276 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Thompson (69.8%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 23.6%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Thompson ranks #13. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 72.5% to 69.8%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Thompson grew from 644,368 people in 2000 to 664,644 in 2010 (up 3.1%), and its rank fell from #19 to #23. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 238.87 to 225.32 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 644,368 | 664,644 |
| Rank | #19 | #23 |
| Per 100,000 people | 238.87 | 225.32 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Thompson
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Thompson: T512
👤 Thompson as a First Name
Thompson is a first name too: about 1,923 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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