# Tanis (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tanis/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,359 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,010 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 130,880 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.5% (2,215 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tanis in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Similar surnames

Tansey, Tennis, Tunis, Tang, Taing, Tank, Thomas, Tong, Tinoco, Tanaka, Towns, Tamez.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.