How common is the surname Taha?

2,014 people in the United States had the surname Taha in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,300 Americans. It ranked 14,749th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Taha getting more or less common?

More common. 1,223 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,014 in 2010, up 65%.

Is Taha also a first name?

Yes. Taha is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Taha

A surname, carried by 2,014 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T000 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Taha is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,014 people named Taha in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,300 Americans. That is up 65% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,223.

#14,749

rank among US surnames

2,014

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+64.7%

change since 2000 (was #20,247)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,748	McCraney	2,015	153,224
#14,749	Austria	2,014	153,300
#14,755	Dittrich	2,013	153,376

Who is named Taha

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

72% of people named Taha identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Two or more races 5.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Taha

Taha has the Soundex code T000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T000.

Questions

How common is the surname Taha?: 2,014 people in the United States had the surname Taha in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,300 Americans. It ranked 14,749th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Taha?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Taha identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Taha getting more or less common?: More common. 1,223 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,014 in 2010, up 65%.
Is Taha also a first name?: Yes. Taha is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.