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    The surname Tanis

    A surname, carried by 2,359 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T520

    Tanis: #13,010 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tanis #13,010, 2,359 people Tanis: #13,010 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tanis #13,010, 2,359 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tanis is more common than 92% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,359 people named Tanis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,880 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,215.

    #13,010
    rank among US surnames
    2,359
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.5%
    change since 2000 (was #12,780)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,002Jellison2,361130,769
    #13,007Urrea2,360130,824
    #13,010Stetler2,359130,880

    Who is named Tanis

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

    75% of people named Tanis identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tanis

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tanis?
    2,359 people in the United States had the surname Tanis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,880 Americans. It ranked 13,010th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tanis?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Tanis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Tanis getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,215 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,359 in 2010, up 6.5%.