The surname Tann
A surname, carried by 1,612 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex T500
Origin
From the German surname, from a rare literary word meaning "forest" (see below).
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,612 people named Tann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,529 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,382.
Who is named Tann
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
50% of people named Tann identified as Black (not Hispanic), 31% as white (not Hispanic) and 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Black (not Hispanic) 50%
- White (not Hispanic) 31%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 14%
- Two or more races 2.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Tann has the Soundex code T500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T500.
Questions
- Where does the surname Tann come from?
- From the German surname, from a rare literary word meaning "forest" (see below).
- How common is the surname Tann?
- 1,612 people in the United States had the surname Tann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,529 Americans. It ranked 17,481st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Tann?
- In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Tann identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 31% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Tann getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,382 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,612 in 2010, up 17%.