# Tanner (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tanner/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation for a tanner.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 48,813 |
| US rank (2010) | 709 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,325 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.2% (46,412 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtænɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tanner in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tanner in the United States, Austria, Australia, Germany and the United Kingdom.

## People named Tanner

- Henry Ossawa Tanner, African-American painter (1859–1937)
- Antwon Tanner, American actor (born 1975)
- Klaudia Tanner, Austrian politician
- David Tanner, Australian road cyclist
- John S. Tanner, American politician (born 1944)
- Evan Tanner, American mixed martial arts fighter (1971–2008)
- Paul Tanner, American trombonist (1917–2013)
- Gid Tanner, American musician (1885–1960)
- Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson, American physician
- Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician (1571–1632)
- Milly Tanner, British cyclist

## Similar surnames

Tyner, Toner, Tiner, Tenorio, Towner, Toomer, Timmer, Tamura, Tammaro, Tomer.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.