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    The surname Tamayo

    A Spanish surname, carried by 16,474 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex T500

    Tamayo: #2,210 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Tamayo #2,210, 16,474 people Tamayo: #2,210 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tamayo #2,210, 16,474 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tamayo is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Tamayo, from Basque.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,474 people named Tamayo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,741 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,130.

    #2,210
    rank among US surnames
    16,474
    people in 2010
    5.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +35.8%
    change since 2000 (was #2,729)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,202Duff16,53618,671
    #2,203Carrera16,53318,675
    #2,204Burkhart16,52618,682
    #2,205Adamson16,51518,695
    #2,206Arnett16,49918,713
    #2,207Reagan16,49118,722
    #2,208Anguiano16,47918,736

    Who is named Tamayo

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

    84% of people named Tamayo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 84%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 9.5%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.6%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Tamayos

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lauren Tamayo
      American racing cyclist, born 1983
    • James Anthony Tamayo
      American Roman-Catholic priest, auxiliary bishop of Galveston-Houston, titular bishop of I, born 1949
    • Franz Tamayo
      Bolivian writer (1879–1956)

    Notable Tamayos come mostly from the United States (2) and Bolivia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tamayo

    Tamayo has the Soundex code T500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T500.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tamayo come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Tamayo, from Basque.
    How common is the surname Tamayo?
    16,474 people in the United States had the surname Tamayo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,741 Americans. It ranked 2,210th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tamayo?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Tamayo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Tamayo?
    Lauren Tamayo, American racing cyclist, followed by James Anthony Tamayo.
    Where is the surname Tamayo most common?
    Wikidata records people named Tamayo in the United States and Bolivia.
    Is the surname Tamayo getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,130 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,474 in 2010, up 36%.