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The surname Tannehill

A surname, carried by 2,106 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex T540

Tannehill: #14,238 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tannehill #14,238, 2,106 people Tannehill: #14,238 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tannehill #14,238, 2,106 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tannehill is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

Variant of Tannahill.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,106 people named Tannehill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,603 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,073.

#14,238
rank among US surnames
2,106
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+1.6%
change since 2000 (was #13,466)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,233Gully2,107146,533
#14,238Hassinger2,106146,603
#14,247Mikhail2,105146,672

Who is named Tannehill

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

84% of people named Tannehill identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 84%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 6.6%
  • Two or more races 3.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tannehills

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Ryan Tannehill
    American football player (born 1988)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tannehill

Tannehill has the Soundex code T540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T540.

Questions

Where does the surname Tannehill come from?
Variant of Tannahill.
How common is the surname Tannehill?
2,106 people in the United States had the surname Tannehill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,603 Americans. It ranked 14,238th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tannehill?
In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Tannehill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tannehill?
Ryan Tannehill, American football player (born 1988).
Where is the surname Tannehill most common?
Wikidata records people named Tannehill in the United States.
Is the surname Tannehill getting more or less common?
More common. 2,073 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,106 in 2010, up 1.6%.