How common is the surname Tallant?

2,051 people in the United States had the surname Tallant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,534 Americans. It ranked 14,532nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tallant?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Tallant identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Tallant?

Christy Walton, American heiress, billionaire, and philanthropist.

Where is the surname Tallant most common?

Wikidata records people named Tallant in the United States.

Is the surname Tallant getting more or less common?

More common. 1,973 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,051 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Tallant

A French occupational surname, carried by 2,051 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T453

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tallant is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

French origin

Occupational surname for a tailor, from taillant (“cutting”), present participle of Old French tailler (“to cut”).

Tallant is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,051 people named Tallant in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 150,534 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,973.

#14,532

rank among US surnames

2,051

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #14,022)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,523	Capasso	2,053	150,388
#14,528	Choquette	2,052	150,461
#14,532	Anspach	2,051	150,534
#14,537	Wagnon	2,050	150,608

Who is named Tallant

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

94% of people named Tallant identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tallants

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Christy Walton
American heiress, billionaire, and philanthropist, born 1949

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tallant

Tallent

Tallant has the Soundex code T453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T453.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Tallant come from?: Occupational surname for a tailor, from taillant (“cutting”), present participle of Old French tailler (“to cut”).
How common is the surname Tallant?: 2,051 people in the United States had the surname Tallant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,534 Americans. It ranked 14,532nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tallant?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Tallant identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Tallant?: Christy Walton, American heiress, billionaire, and philanthropist.
Where is the surname Tallant most common?: Wikidata records people named Tallant in the United States.
What type of surname is Tallant?: Tallant is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Tallant getting more or less common?: More common. 1,973 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,051 in 2010, up 4.0%.