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The surname Tant

A surname, carried by 2,355 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T530

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tant is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,355 people named Tant in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,102 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,130.

#13,037
rank among US surnames
2,355
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+10.6%
change since 2000 (was #13,158)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,029Arvin2,357130,991
#13,034Weight2,356131,046
#13,037Cargile2,355131,102
#13,042Motz2,354131,158

Who is named Tant

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

91% of people named Tant identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 91%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.7%
  • Two or more races 2.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tant

Tant has the Soundex code T530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T530.

Questions

How common is the surname Tant?
2,355 people in the United States had the surname Tant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,102 Americans. It ranked 13,037th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tant?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Tant identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Tant getting more or less common?
More common. 2,130 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,355 in 2010, up 11%.