Thompson Pronunciation TOMP -sən Meaning Son of Thom, Son of Thomas, Son of Tom Region of origin Scotland and England Variant form(s) Di Tommaso, Thom, Thomas , Thomason , Thomassen , Thomasson , Thomson , Tom, Tomadze, Tomašević , Tomashov, Tomashvili, Tomaszewicz , Tomescu , Tommasi , Tumasian, Tumasyan [ 1]
Thompson is a surname of English, Irish and Scottish origin which is a variant of Thomson , meaning 'son of Thom'.[ 2] Thompson in Norfolk.[ 3] Plantation period , settlers carried the name to Ireland. Thom(p)son is also the English translation of MacTavish , which is the Anglicised version of the Gaelic name MacTamhais .[ 4]
According to the 2010 United States Census, Thompson was the 23rd most frequently reported surname, accounting for 0.23% of the population.[ 5]
Notable people
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Aaron Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAdaline Emerson Thompson (1859–1951), American educational worker and reformerAdam Thompson (born 1992), English footballerAl Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAlan Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAlberto Thompson (1907–1957), American chemist and nuclear scientistAlexander Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAlexandra Thompson (1867–1907)Alfred Hill Thompson (1839–1874), British architectAllen Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAlvin W. Thompson (born 1953), American judgeAlyssa Thompson (born 2004), American soccer playerAndrew Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAnthony Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleArchie Thompson (born 1978), Australian footballer
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Barry Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleBenjamin Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleBetty L. Thompson (1939–2021), American politician from MissouriBill Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleB. J. Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleBlake Thompson (born 1993), Australian footballerBodene Thompson (born 1988), New Zealand Rugby League playerBradley Thompson (born 1951), American television producer and writerBrent Thompson (born 1971), Canadian ice hockey playerBrian Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleBronwyn Thompson (born 1978), Australian long jumperBryan Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleBryce Thompson (born 2002), American basketball playerBryce Thompson (American football) (born 1999), American football playerBubba Thompson (born 1998), American baseball player
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Calvin Thompson (born 1964), American basketball coachCameron Thompson (born 1960), Australian politicianCarl Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleCarlos Thompson (1923–1990), Argentine actorCarol Thompson , American civil servantCaroline Thompson (born 1956), American novelist and film directorCarroll Thompson (born 1960), British rock singerCasey Thompson (born 1998), American football playerCec Thompson (1926–2011), British rugby league footballerCecil Thompson (cricketer) (1890–1963), Australian cricketerCharles Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleChris Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleChristian Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleChristopher Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleCiarán Thompson (born 1994), Irish-Gaelic footballerCiara Mary-Alice Thompson (born 1996), Irish singer-songwriterClifford Thompson (1904–1955), American film actorClyde Thompson (1910–1979), American prison chaplainCody Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleCorey Thompson , Australian rugby league footballerCorey Thompson (American football) , American football linebackerColin Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleCraig Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple people
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D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860–1948), Scottish biologist and mathematicianDaley Thompson (born 1958), Olympic gold medalistDaniel Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleDarwin Thompson (born 1997), American football playerDaryl L. Thompson , American inventor and entrepreneurDave Thompson (born 1959), English actor, stand-up comedian, writerDavid Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleDean R. Thompson (born 1967), American diplomatDean Thompson (racing driver) (born 2001), American stock car racerDebbie Thompson (1942–2019), American sprinterDeclan Thompson (born 2002), English footballerDeionte Thompson (born 1997), American football playerDel Thompson (born 1958), American football playerDeonte Thompson (born 1989), American football playerDerek Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleDes Thompson (1928–2010), English footballerDickie Thompson (1917–2007), American guitarist and songwriterDicky Thompson (born 1957), American professional golferDijon Thompson (born 1983), American basketball playerD. J. Thompson (born 1985), American basketball playerDon Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleDorothy Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleDuane Thompson (1903–1970), American actressDuncan Thompson (1895–1980), Australian rugby league footballerDwayne Thompson (born 1950), American politicianDylan Thompson (born 1991), American football player
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Edith Thompson (1893–1923), English murdererEdith Thompson (historian) , historian and lexicographerEdward Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleElaine Thompson (born 1992), Jamaican sprinterEli Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleEliza Thompson (1816–1905), American temperance advocateElizabeth Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleEllen R. Thompson (1928–2014), American composer and music educatorElsie Thompson (1899–2013), American supercentenarianElsie Nwanwuri Thompson , Nigerian lawyerEmma Thompson (born 1959), British actress and screenwriterE. P. Thompson (1924–1993), British 'new-left' historianEric Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleErnest Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple people, including Ernie ThompsonE. S. L. Thompson (1848–1944), American writerEthan Thompson (born 1999), Puerto Rican basketball playerEva Griffith Thompson (1842–1925), American newspaper editorEvan Thompson (born 1962), Canadian professor of philosophy
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Gary Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleGeorge Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleGeorgia Thompson (born 1950), American civil servant wrongfully convicted of corruption, but later exoneratedGeorgie Thompson (born 1977), British broadcast journalist and television presenterGlenn Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleGregory Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleGrace Thompson (1891–1???), American silent film actressGraham Thompson (swimmer) (born 1964), Zimbabwean swimmerGwen Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple people
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Hank Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleHarold Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleHarry Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleHelen F. Thompson , American businesswoman, teacher, and politicianHenry Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleHerbert Thompson Jr. (1933–2006), American prelateHolly Thompson (born 1998), New Zealand curlerHope Thompson , Canadian writerHugh Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleHunter S. Thompson (1937–2005), U.S. journalist and author
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J. Lee Thompson (1914–2002), British film directorJack Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJackson Thompson (born 1986), Indian cricketerJacob Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJake Thompson (born 1994), American baseball playerJalen Thompson (born 1998), American football playerJames Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJamie Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJasmine Thompson (born 2000), British singer and YouTube celebrityJason Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJean Thompson (athlete) (1910–1976), Canadian runnerJeff Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJennifer Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJenny Thompson (born 1973), American former swimmer and anaesthesiologistJeremy Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJerome Thompson (born 1988), American lacrosse playerJerry Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJesse Thompson , (1749–1834), American soldier and politicianJim Thompson (writer) (1906–1977), American writerJoe Thompson (rugby) (1902–1983) British rugby union and rugby league footballerJohn Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJonathan Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJordan Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJoseph Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJosh Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJudith Thompson (born 1954), Canadian playwrightJustin Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple people
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Kamila Thompson (born 1983), British singer-songwriterKatherine Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleKay Thompson (1909–1998), American authorKeegan Thompson (born 1995), American baseball playerKeith Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleKelly Thompson , American authorKemel Thompson (born 1974), Jamaican hurdlerKenneth Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleKenan Thompson (born 1978), American actorKerstin Thompson (born 1965), Australian architectKevin Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleKeytaon Thompson (born 1998), American football playerKirsten Moana Thompson (born 1964), scholar of American and New Zealand cinema and visual cultureKirt Thompson (born 1967), Trinidad and Tobago javelin throwerKlay Thompson (born 1990), American basketball player; son of Mychal (below)Kristen Thompson , American politician and state senatorKristin Thompson (born 1950), American film theorist and authorKyle Thompson (born 1992), American photographer
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L. F. Thompson , (1827–1894), American politicianLaird A. Thompson (born 1947), American astronomerLaMarcus Adna Thompson (1848–1919), American inventor, known for his early work developing roller coasters, sometimes called the "Father of Gravity"Larry Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleLaura Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleLea Thompson (born 1961), American actress and directorLee Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleLeonard Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleLexi Thompson (born 1995), American golferLiam Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleLibby Thompson (1855–1953), American frontier prostitute and madamLincoln Thompson (1949–1999), Jamaican reggae artistLinda Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleLindsay Thompson (1923–2008), Australian politicianLisa Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleLlewellyn Thompson (1904–1972), American Ambassador to Austria and Soviet UnionLogan Thompson , (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey goaltenderLois Thompson , American football playerLoren P. Thompson (1927–2015), American politicianLucas P. Thompson (1797–1866), American lawyer and politicianLucky Thompson (1924–2005), American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonistLuke Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleLyle Thompson (born 1992), American lacrosse player
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Marcus Thompson (born 1946), American violinistMarc Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleMariquita Sánchez de Thompson (1786–1868), Argentine patriot and salonnière Mark Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleMarlana Thompson (born 1978), Mohawk beadwork artist, regalia maker, and fashion designerMarr Thompson , (1856–1938), Australian arts criticMartin Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleMary Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleMarvin Thompson (born 1977/8), British poetMason Thompson (born 1998), American baseball playerMatthew Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleMax Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleMel Thompson (basketball) (1932–2009), American basketball coachMichael Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleMildred Thompson (1935–2003) American painter, sculptor and printmakerMiles Thompson (born 1990), American lacrosse playerMiles Thompson (architect) (1808–1868), English architectMorris Thompson (1939–2000), American politician and businessmanMychal Thompson (born 1955), Bahamian–American basketball player and broadcasterMychel Thompson (born 1988), American basketball player; son of MychalMyron Thompson (1936–2019), Canadian politician
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Rachel Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleRalph Thompson (footballer) (1892–1916), English footballerRandall Thompson (1899–1984), American composerRandall Thompson (boxer) (born 1964), Canadian boxerRandy Thompson (born 1963), American singer-songwriterRangi Thompson (1910–1971), New Zealand rowerRaymond Thompson (born 1949), New Zealand television writer and producerReginald Campbell Thompson (1876–1941), British archaeologist and epigraphistRichard Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleRobert Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleRocky Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleRoger Thompson (soccer) (born 1991), Canadian soccer playerRoly Thompson (1932–2003), English cricketerRon Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleRuth Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleRyan Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple people
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Sada Thompson (1927–2011), American actressSamuel Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleSarah Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleScott Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleScottie Thompson (born 1981), American actressSean Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleShaq Thompson (born 1994), American football playerShawn Thompson (born 1958), Canadian actor and directorShedrick Thompson (died 1932), African American suicide victimSheldon Thompson (1785–1851), American politician from Buffalo, New YorkShirley Thompson , British composer, conductor and violinistSilvanus P. Thompson (1851–1916), English physicistSiobhan Thompson (born 1984), British-American sketch comedian and comedy writerSkylar Thompson (born 1997), American football playerSmith Thompson (1768–1843), American juristSoren Thompson (born 1981), American épée fencerStanley Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleSteve Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleSue Thompson (1925–2021), American pop and country singerSusanna Thompson (born 1958), American television and film actressSydney Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple people
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Tage Thompson (born 1997), American ice hockey playerTeddy Thompson (born 1976), British musicianTedric Thompson (born 1995), American football playerTessa Thompson (born 1983), American actressThomas Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleTorger G. Thompson (1853–1923), American politicianTony Thompson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleTiny Thompson (1905–1981), Canadian professional ice hockey goalieTrayce Thompson (born 1991), American baseball player, son of MychalTrenton Thompson (born 1996), American football playerTristan Thompson (born 1991), Canadian basketball playerTyrone Thompson (footballer) (born 1982), English footballerTyrone Thompson (politician) (1967–2019), American politician
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Further reading
References
^ 1990 Census Name Files Archived 2010-10-07 at the Library of Congress Web Archives^ Quinn, Seán E. (2000), Surnames in Ireland (Google Snippet) , Bray , Ireland: Irish Genealogy Press, p. 173, ISBN 978-1-871509-39-7 OCLC 48632352 , retrieved 1 January 2012 ^ Redmonds, George; King, Turi; Hey, David (2011), "Hereditary Surnames" , Surnames, DNA, and Family History , New York: Oxford University Press , Classifying Surnames, ISBN 978-0-19-162036-2 , retrieved 1 Jan 2012 ^ "Scottish Thompson Name is MacTavish" . Clan MacTavish. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2019 .^ Bureau, US Census. "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the 2010 Census" . www.census.gov . Retrieved 2018-06-07 .
See also
Surnames associated with the given name
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