How common is the surname Tarbell?

1,626 people in the United States had the surname Tarbell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,880 Americans. It ranked 17,367th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tarbell?

In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Tarbell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Tarbell?

Ida Tarbell, American journalist (1857-1944), followed by Edmund Charles Tarbell.

Where is the surname Tarbell most common?

Wikidata records people named Tarbell in the United States.

Is the surname Tarbell getting more or less common?

More common. 1,516 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,626 in 2010, up 7.3%.

The surname Tarbell

A surname, carried by 1,626 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T614

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tarbell is more common than 89.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,626 people named Tarbell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,880 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,516.

#17,367

rank among US surnames

1,626

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+7.3%

change since 2000 (was #17,214)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,359	Tussey	1,627	189,764
#17,367	Safi	1,626	189,880

Who is named Tarbell

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

81% of people named Tarbell identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
American Indian and Alaska Native 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tarbells

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ida Tarbell
American journalist (1857-1944)
Edmund Charles Tarbell
American Impressionist painter (1862-1938)
Andrew Tarbell
American soccer player, born 1993

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Tarbell

Tarpley

Tarbell has the Soundex code T614, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T614.

Questions

How common is the surname Tarbell?: 1,626 people in the United States had the surname Tarbell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,880 Americans. It ranked 17,367th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tarbell?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Tarbell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Tarbell?: Ida Tarbell, American journalist (1857-1944), followed by Edmund Charles Tarbell.
Where is the surname Tarbell most common?: Wikidata records people named Tarbell in the United States.
Is the surname Tarbell getting more or less common?: More common. 1,516 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,626 in 2010, up 7.3%.