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    The surname Tarantino

    An Italian surname, carried by 4,158 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex T653

    Tarantino: #7,956 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tarantino #7,956, 4,158 people Tarantino: #7,956 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tarantino #7,956, 4,158 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tarantino is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    From Taranto.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,158 people named Tarantino in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,253 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,961.

    #7,956
    rank among US surnames
    4,158
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5%
    change since 2000 (was #7,733)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,953Papp4,16274,182
    #7,954Gagliano4,16174,200
    #7,955Beech4,16074,218
    #7,956Tarantino4,15874,253
    #7,958Nipper4,15774,271

    Who is named Tarantino

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

    94% of people named Tarantino identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Tarantinos

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Quentin Tarantino
      American filmmaker and actor (born 1963)
    • Tony Tarantino
      American film actor and director, 1940–2023

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tarantino

    Tarantino has the Soundex code T653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T653.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tarantino come from?
    From Taranto.
    How common is the surname Tarantino?
    4,158 people in the United States had the surname Tarantino in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,253 Americans. It ranked 7,956th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tarantino?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Tarantino identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Tarantino?
    Quentin Tarantino, American filmmaker and actor (born 1963), followed by Tony Tarantino.
    Where is the surname Tarantino most common?
    Wikidata records people named Tarantino in the United States.
    Is the surname Tarantino getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,961 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,158 in 2010, up 5.0%.