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    The surname Tarleton

    An English place surname, carried by 1,614 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T643

    Tarleton: #17,463 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tarleton #17,463, 1,614 people Tarleton: #17,463 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tarleton #17,463, 1,614 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tarleton is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From the Old Norse personal name Þóraldr + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

    Tarleton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,614 people named Tarleton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,292 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,537.

    #17,463
    rank among US surnames
    1,614
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5%
    change since 2000 (was #17,040)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,455Fredericksen1,615191,174
    #17,463Bazaldua1,614191,292
    #17,472Wisneski1,613191,411

    Who is named Tarleton

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

    78% of people named Tarleton identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Tarletons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Banastre Tarleton
      British Army general (1754–1833)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Tarleton

    Tarleton has the Soundex code T643, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T643.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tarleton come from?
    From the Old Norse personal name Þóraldr + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
    How common is the surname Tarleton?
    1,614 people in the United States had the surname Tarleton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,292 Americans. It ranked 17,463rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tarleton?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Tarleton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Tarleton?
    Banastre Tarleton, British Army general (1754–1833).
    Where is the surname Tarleton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Tarleton in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    What type of surname is Tarleton?
    Tarleton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Tarleton getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,537 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,614 in 2010, up 5.0%.
    What are other spellings of Tarleton?
    Tarlton.