How common is the surname Tanner?

48,813 people in the United States had the surname Tanner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,325 Americans. It ranked 709th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tanner?

Henry Ossawa Tanner, African-American painter (1859–1937), followed by Antwon Tanner.

Where is the surname Tanner most common?

Wikidata records people named Tanner in the United States, Austria and Australia and 2 other countries.

How do you pronounce Tanner?

Tanner is /ˈtænɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Tanner getting more or less common?

More common. 46,412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 48,813 in 2010, up 5.2%.

Is Tanner also a first name?

Yes. Tanner is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Tanner

An occupational surname, carried by 48,813 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈtænɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex T560 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tanner is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation for a tanner.

Tanner is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 48,813 people named Tanner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,325 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 46,412.

#709

rank among US surnames

48,813

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #675)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#700	Ware	49,316	6,261
#701	Brennan	49,238	6,270
#702	McDowell	49,217	6,273
#703	Marks	49,177	6,278
#704	Cantu	49,126	6,285
#705	Humphrey	49,056	6,294
#706	Baxter	49,033	6,297

Who is named Tanner

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

83% of people named Tanner identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tanners

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Henry Ossawa Tanner
African-American painter (1859–1937)
Antwon Tanner
American actor (born 1975)
Klaudia Tanner
Austrian politician, born 1970
David Tanner
Australian road cyclist, born 1984
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, 1864–1901
Adam Tanner
Austrian mathematician (1571–1632)
Milly Tanner
British cyclist, born 1999

Notable Tanners come mostly from the United States (7), Austria (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Tanner

Tanner has the Soundex code T560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T560.

Questions

How common is the surname Tanner?: 48,813 people in the United States had the surname Tanner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,325 Americans. It ranked 709th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tanner?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Tanner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tanner?: Henry Ossawa Tanner, African-American painter (1859–1937), followed by Antwon Tanner.
Where is the surname Tanner most common?: Wikidata records people named Tanner in the United States, Austria and Australia and 2 other countries.
How do you pronounce Tanner?: Tanner is /ˈtænɚ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Tanner?: Tanner is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Tanner getting more or less common?: More common. 46,412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 48,813 in 2010, up 5.2%.
Is Tanner also a first name?: Yes. Tanner is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.