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    The surname Tardif

    A French surname, carried by 1,923 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T631

    Tardif: #15,272 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tardif #15,272, 1,923 people Tardif: #15,272 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tardif #15,272, 1,923 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tardif is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Tardif.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,923 people named Tardif in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 160,554 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,825.

    #15,272
    rank among US surnames
    1,923
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.4%
    change since 2000 (was #14,877)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,268Tassone1,924160,471
    #15,272Trosper1,923160,554
    #15,278Stelter1,922160,638

    Who is named Tardif

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

    95% of people named Tardif identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tardif

    Tardif has the Soundex code T631, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T631.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tardif come from?
    From French Tardif.
    How common is the surname Tardif?
    1,923 people in the United States had the surname Tardif in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 160,554 Americans. It ranked 15,272nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tardif?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Tardif identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Tardif getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,825 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,923 in 2010, up 5.4%.