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The surname Tannenbaum

A surname, carried by 2,080 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex T551

Tannenbaum: #14,374 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tannenbaum #14,374, 2,080 people Tannenbaum: #14,374 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tannenbaum #14,374, 2,080 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tannenbaum is more common than 91.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,080 people named Tannenbaum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,435 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,051.

#14,374
rank among US surnames
2,080
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+1.4%
change since 2000 (was #13,580)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,368Artman2,081148,364
#14,374Sclafani2,080148,435
#14,378Litwin2,079148,507
#14,382Fails2,078148,578

Who is named Tannenbaum

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

96% of people named Tannenbaum identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
  • Two or more races 1.0%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tannenbaum

Tannenbaum has the Soundex code T551, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T551.

Questions

How common is the surname Tannenbaum?
2,080 people in the United States had the surname Tannenbaum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,435 Americans. It ranked 14,374th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tannenbaum?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Tannenbaum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Tannenbaum getting more or less common?
More common. 2,051 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,080 in 2010, up 1.4%.