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    The surname Tarango

    A surname, carried by 5,360 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex T652

    Tarango: #6,356 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tarango #6,356, 5,360 people Tarango: #6,356 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tarango #6,356, 5,360 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tarango is more common than 96.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,360 people named Tarango in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,602 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,324.

    #6,356
    rank among US surnames
    5,360
    people in 2010
    1.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +24%
    change since 2000 (was #7,127)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,352Brewington5,36657,537
    #6,353Kreider5,36557,548
    #6,355Howlett5,36457,559
    #6,356Tarango5,36057,602

    Who is named Tarango

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

    92% of people named Tarango identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.6% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
    • Two or more races 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Tarangos

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jeff Tarango
      American tennis player, born 1968

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tarango

    Tarango has the Soundex code T652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T652.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tarango?
    5,360 people in the United States had the surname Tarango in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,602 Americans. It ranked 6,356th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tarango?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Tarango identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Tarango?
    Jeff Tarango, American tennis player.
    Where is the surname Tarango most common?
    Wikidata records people named Tarango in the United States.
    Is the surname Tarango getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,324 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,360 in 2010, up 24%.