# Talbert (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/talbert/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,181 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,944 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 25,346 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.1% (11,370 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English and Scottish surname of Norman origin, from Old French Talebert, of Germanic origin, composed of *dal (“valley”) + *berht (“bright”). Compare Talbot.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Talbert in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Talbert in the United States.

## People named Talbert

- Richard Talbert, British-American historian and classicist (born 1947)
- Mary Burnett Talbert, American activist

## Similar surnames

Tolbert, Talavera, Tolliver, Toliver, Taliaferro, Telford, Tilford, Telfer, Tilbury.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.