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    The surname Talmadge

    A French occupational surname, carried by 2,262 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T453

    Talmadge: #13,462 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Talmadge #13,462, 2,262 people Talmadge: #13,462 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Talmadge #13,462, 2,262 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Talmadge is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

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

    Talmadge 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 2,262 people named Talmadge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 136,492 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,273.

    #13,462
    rank among US surnames
    2,262
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #12,502)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,453Carstensen2,264136,372
    #13,456Mankin2,263136,432
    #13,462Trottier2,262136,492
    #13,466Hertzog2,261136,553
    #13,470Vandegrift2,260136,613

    Who is named Talmadge

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

    75% of people named Talmadge identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.5%
    • Two or more races 3.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Talmadges

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Tallmadge

    Surnames that sound like Talmadge

    Talmadge 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 Talmadge come from?
    Metonymic occupational surname for an itinerant merchant, from Old French talemasche (“knapsack”). Compare Tollemache.
    How common is the surname Talmadge?
    2,262 people in the United States had the surname Talmadge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 136,492 Americans. It ranked 13,462nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Talmadge?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Talmadge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Talmadge?
    Norma Talmadge, American actress and film producer (1894–1957), followed by Constance Talmadge.
    Where is the surname Talmadge most common?
    Wikidata records people named Talmadge in the United States.
    What type of surname is Talmadge?
    Talmadge is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Talmadge getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,273 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,262 in 2010, down 0.5%.
    What are other spellings of Talmadge?
    Tallmadge.