The DYSON surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	11,502	2869	0.004	43
United States (1880 census)	2,188	2761	0.004	44
Change since 1880	+9314	-108	0	-1
Other Countries
Australia	1,669	977	0.01	102
United Kingdom	8,852	678	0.019	193

Top States for DYSON by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Maryland	930	626	0.018	176
Texas	845	2827	0.004	41
Louisiana	797	847	0.018	178
North Carolina	766	1641	0.010	95
California	757	4062	0.002	22
Top States for DYSON by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Washington DC	148	407	0.026	259
Louisiana	797	847	0.018	178
Maryland	930	626	0.018	176
North Carolina	766	1641	0.010	95
South Carolina	307	2121	0.008	77

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called DYSON live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called DYSON represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called DYSON in Maryland than any other state, but you are more likely to find a DYSON by picking someone at random in Washington DC than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of DYSON

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From name of parent

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DYSON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the DYSON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of DYSON in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	223	1.94
White (Hispanic)	140	1.22
Asian/Pacific	54	0.47
Native American/Alaskan	37	0.32
White (Caucasian)	7,111	61.82
Black/African American	3,937	34.23

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the DYSON surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to DYSON

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DYSON.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.