Tyson

Etymology

 * A variant of . A nickname from.
 * A English surname, variant of, from.
 * In the U.S.A. adopted by a German family who came to America (Germantown, PA) in 1683, originally named "son of ", which was short for . Original spellings were, , ,.

Statistics

 * According to the 2010 United States Census, Tyson is the 1221st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 28947 individuals. Tyson is most common among White (52.86%) and Black/African American (41.40%) individuals.