The surname Tamez
A surname, carried by 7,894 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex T520
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 7,894 people named Tamez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,111 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,423.
Who is named Tamez
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Tamez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.0% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
- White (not Hispanic) 7.0%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
- Two or more races 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Tamez
Tamez has the Soundex code T520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T520.
Questions
- How common is the surname Tamez?
- 7,894 people in the United States had the surname Tamez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,111 Americans. It ranked 4,492nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Tamez?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Tamez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.0% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Tamez getting more or less common?
- More common. 6,423 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,894 in 2010, up 23%.