# Talmadge (surname)

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

A surname from Old French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,262 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,462 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 136,492 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.5% (2,273 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Tallmadge |

## Etymology

Metonymic occupational surname for an itinerant merchant, from Old French talemasche (“knapsack”). Compare Tollemache.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Talmadge 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) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Talmadge in the United States.

## People named Talmadge

- Norma Talmadge, American actress and film producer (1894–1957)
- Constance Talmadge, American actress (1898–1973)
- Natalie Talmadge, American actress (1896-1969)
- Herman Talmadge, American politician (1913–2002)
- Eugene Talmadge, American politician (1884–1946)

## Similar surnames

Talmage, Tolentino, Tallent, Toland, Tallant.

## 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.