How common is the surname Tallman?

8,174 people in the United States had the surname Tallman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,772 Americans. It ranked 4,341st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tallman?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Tallman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Tallman?

Patricia Tallman, American actress and stunt performer, followed by Chris Tallman.

Where is the surname Tallman most common?

Wikidata records people named Tallman in the United States.

Is the surname Tallman getting more or less common?

More common. 7,439 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,174 in 2010, up 9.9%.

The surname Tallman

A surname, carried by 8,174 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T455

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tallman is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,174 people named Tallman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,772 Americans. That is up 9.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,439.

#4,341

rank among US surnames

8,174

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+9.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,406)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,333	Redmon	8,197	37,666
#4,334	Sides	8,194	37,679
#4,335	Leiva	8,193	37,684
#4,336	Wegner	8,192	37,689
#4,337	Guyton	8,191	37,693
#4,338	Atchison	8,185	37,721
#4,339	McCaffrey	8,181	37,739

Who is named Tallman

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

90% of people named Tallman identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
American Indian and Alaska Native 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tallmans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Patricia Tallman
American actress and stunt performer, born 1957
Chris Tallman
American actor (born 1970)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tallman

Tallman has the Soundex code T455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T455.

Questions

How common is the surname Tallman?: 8,174 people in the United States had the surname Tallman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,772 Americans. It ranked 4,341st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tallman?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Tallman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Tallman?: Patricia Tallman, American actress and stunt performer, followed by Chris Tallman.
Where is the surname Tallman most common?: Wikidata records people named Tallman in the United States.
Is the surname Tallman getting more or less common?: More common. 7,439 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,174 in 2010, up 9.9%.