How common is the surname Tanksley?

3,325 people in the United States had the surname Tanksley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,856 Americans. It ranked 9,747th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Tanksley getting more or less common?

More common. 3,113 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,325 in 2010, up 6.8%.

The surname Tanksley

A surname, carried by 3,325 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tanksley is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,325 people named Tanksley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,856 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,113.

#9,747

rank among US surnames

3,325

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+6.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,578)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,741	Raven	3,327	92,800
#9,745	Phoenix	3,326	92,828
#9,747	Frady	3,325	92,856
#9,751	Wash	3,324	92,884
#9,754	Latour	3,323	92,912
#9,756	Paynter	3,322	92,940

Who is named Tanksley

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

52% of people named Tanksley identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 52%
Black (not Hispanic) 43%
Two or more races 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tanksley

Tanksley has the Soundex code T524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T524.

Questions

How common is the surname Tanksley?: 3,325 people in the United States had the surname Tanksley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,856 Americans. It ranked 9,747th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tanksley?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Tanksley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Tanksley getting more or less common?: More common. 3,113 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,325 in 2010, up 6.8%.