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    The surname Tango

    An Italian patronymic surname, carried by 554 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T520

    Tango: #39,659 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Tango #39,659, 554 people Tango: #39,659 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Tango #39,659, 554 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tango is more common than 75.6% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Italian Tango, probably a patronymic surname from a Germanic personal name. * Borrowed from Japanese 丹後 (Tango), the name of an old province of central Japan.

    Tango is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 554 people named Tango in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 557,302 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 524.

    #39,659
    rank among US surnames
    554
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.7%
    change since 2000 (was #39,499)

    Who is named Tango

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

    72% of people named Tango identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 18%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.1%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tango

    Tango has the Soundex code T520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T520.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tango come from?
    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Italian Tango, probably a patronymic surname from a Germanic personal name. * Borrowed from Japanese 丹後 (Tango), the name of an old province of central Japan.
    How common is the surname Tango?
    554 people in the United States had the surname Tango in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 557,302 Americans. It ranked 39,659th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tango?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Tango identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    What type of surname is Tango?
    Tango is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Tango getting more or less common?
    More common. 524 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 554 in 2010, up 5.7%.