How common is the surname Taplin?

2,165 people in the United States had the surname Taplin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,608 Americans. It ranked 13,944th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Taplin getting more or less common?

More common. 2,004 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,165 in 2010, up 8.0%.

The surname Taplin

A surname, carried by 2,165 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T145

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Taplin is more common than 91.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,165 people named Taplin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,608 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,004.

#13,944

rank among US surnames

2,165

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+8%

change since 2000 (was #13,838)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,938	Duplantis	2,166	142,542
#13,944	Trego	2,165	142,608
#13,949	Sherpa	2,164	142,674
#13,953	Kurian	2,163	142,739

Who is named Taplin

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

52% of people named Taplin identified as white (not Hispanic), 44% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 52%
Black (not Hispanic) 44%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Taplin?: 2,165 people in the United States had the surname Taplin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,608 Americans. It ranked 13,944th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Taplin?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Taplin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 44% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Taplin getting more or less common?: More common. 2,004 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,165 in 2010, up 8.0%.