Surname Checker / Thompson
How Common Is the Last Name Thompson?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Thompson today
735,910
Ranked #23 of 162,254 published surnames · 225.32 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 664,644 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
69.78%
Black
23.57%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.57%
Hispanic
2.49%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.