Thompson
Thompson may refer to:
People
Places
In Bulgaria:
In Canada:
- Thompson Country, a region within the basin of the Thompson River
- Thompson Plateau, a landform in the Interior of British Columbia named for the Thompson River
- Thompson-Nicola Regional District, a regional district in British Columbia
In Chile:
Thompson (surname)
Thompson is a patronymic surname of English and Scottish origin, with a variety of spellings meaning "son of Thom". An alternative origin may be geographical, arising from the placename Thompson. Thom(p)son is the English translation of MacTavish, which is the Anglicized Gaelic translation of MacTamhais. During the Plantation period, settlers carried the name to Ireland. It is the 14th most common surname in the United Kingdom and 17th most common in the United States. According to the 1990 United States Census, Thompson was the seventeenth most frequently reported surname, accounting for 0.27% of the population.
Notable people with the surname
Thompson (Cambridge University cricketer, 1827)
Thompson (first name and dates unknown) was an English cricketer associated with Cambridge University Cricket Club who made his first-class debut in 1827.
