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    The surname Tanguay

    A French surname, carried by 2,409 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T520

    Tanguay: #12,802 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tanguay #12,802, 2,409 people Tanguay: #12,802 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tanguay #12,802, 2,409 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tanguay is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Tanguay.

    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 2,409 people named Tanguay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,163 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,357.

    #12,802
    rank among US surnames
    2,409
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #12,137)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,794Scalzo2,411128,057
    #12,795Schueller2,410128,110
    #12,802Tanguay2,409128,163
    #12,807Loose2,408128,217

    Who is named Tanguay

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

    96% of people named Tanguay identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tanguay

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

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tanguay come from?
    From French Tanguay.
    How common is the surname Tanguay?
    2,409 people in the United States had the surname Tanguay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,163 Americans. It ranked 12,802nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tanguay?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Tanguay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Tanguay getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,357 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,409 in 2010, up 2.2%.