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    The surname Tanguma

    A surname, carried by 1,186 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex T525

    Tanguma: #21,895 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tanguma #21,895, 1,186 people Tanguma: #21,895 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tanguma #21,895, 1,186 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tanguma is more common than 86.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,186 people named Tanguma in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,325 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,029.

    #21,895
    rank among US surnames
    1,186
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.3%
    change since 2000 (was #23,152)

    Who is named Tanguma

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

    92% of people named Tanguma identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.9% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tanguma

    Tanguma 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 Tanguma?
    1,186 people in the United States had the surname Tanguma in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,325 Americans. It ranked 21,895th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tanguma?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Tanguma identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Tanguma getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,029 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,186 in 2010, up 15%.