How common is the surname Tarlton?

2,040 people in the United States had the surname Tarlton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,346 Americans. It ranked 14,591st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tarlton?

Richard Tarlton, British actor and clown of the Elizabethan era.

Where is the surname Tarlton most common?

Wikidata records people named Tarlton in the Kingdom of England.

How do you pronounce Tarlton?

Tarlton is /ˈtɑɹl.tən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Tarlton getting more or less common?

More common. 2,030 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,040 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Tarlton

A surname, carried by 2,040 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈtɑɹl.tən/ 2 syllables Soundex T643

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tarlton is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,040 people named Tarlton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,346 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,030.

#14,591

rank among US surnames

2,040

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #13,702)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,585	Strine	2,042	151,198
#14,587	Emrich	2,041	151,272
#14,591	Tarlton	2,040	151,346
#14,599	Vartanian	2,039	151,420

Who is named Tarlton

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

90% of people named Tarlton identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.4%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tarltons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Tarlton
British actor and clown of the Elizabethan era, 1530–1588

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tarlton

Tarleton

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

Questions

How common is the surname Tarlton?: 2,040 people in the United States had the surname Tarlton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,346 Americans. It ranked 14,591st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tarlton?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Tarlton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tarlton?: Richard Tarlton, British actor and clown of the Elizabethan era.
Where is the surname Tarlton most common?: Wikidata records people named Tarlton in the Kingdom of England.
How do you pronounce Tarlton?: Tarlton is /ˈtɑɹl.tən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Tarlton getting more or less common?: More common. 2,030 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,040 in 2010, up 0.5%.