How common is the surname Tank?

2,127 people in the United States had the surname Tank in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,155 Americans. It ranked 14,127th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tank?

In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Tank identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Tank getting more or less common?

More common. 2,107 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,127 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Tank

A surname, carried by 2,127 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tank is more common than 91.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,127 people named Tank in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,155 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,107.

#14,127

rank among US surnames

2,127

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,282)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,119	Tritt	2,128	145,087
#14,127	Isidro	2,127	145,155

Who is named Tank

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

84% of people named Tank identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Asian and Pacific Islander 11%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tank

Tank 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 Tank?: 2,127 people in the United States had the surname Tank in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,155 Americans. It ranked 14,127th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tank?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Tank identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Tank getting more or less common?: More common. 2,107 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,127 in 2010, up 0.9%.