How common is the surname Tangen?

1,346 people in the United States had the surname Tangen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,380 Americans. It ranked 19,933rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tangen?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Tangen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Tangen getting more or less common?

More common. 1,278 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,346 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname Tangen

A surname, carried by 1,346 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tangen is more common than 87.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,346 people named Tangen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 229,380 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,278.

#19,933

rank among US surnames

1,346

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #19,537)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,924	Meigs	1,347	229,210
#19,933	Dunkelberger	1,346	229,380

Who is named Tangen

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

96% of people named Tangen identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tangen

Tanguma

Tangen has the Soundex code T525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T525.

Questions

How common is the surname Tangen?: 1,346 people in the United States had the surname Tangen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,380 Americans. It ranked 19,933rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tangen?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Tangen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Tangen getting more or less common?: More common. 1,278 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,346 in 2010, up 5.3%.