How common is the surname Tarpley?

3,680 people in the United States had the surname Tarpley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,898 Americans. It ranked 8,896th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tarpley?

Roy Tarpley, American basketball player (1964–2015), followed by Lindsay Tarpley.

Where is the surname Tarpley most common?

Wikidata records people named Tarpley in the United States.

Is the surname Tarpley getting more or less common?

More common. 3,617 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,680 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Tarpley

A surname, carried by 3,680 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). Tarpley is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,680 people named Tarpley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,898 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,617.

#8,896

rank among US surnames

3,680

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,400)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,890	Vereen	3,683	83,830
#8,891	Diorio	3,682	83,853
#8,894	Wentzel	3,681	83,875
#8,896	Tarpley	3,680	83,898
#8,900	Brigman	3,679	83,921

Who is named Tarpley

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

70% of people named Tarpley identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 70%
Black (not Hispanic) 23%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 3.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tarpleys

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roy Tarpley
American basketball player (1964–2015)
Lindsay Tarpley
American soccer player, born 1983
Webster Tarpley
American author, journalist, historian, born 1946
Brenda Lee
American singer and recording artist (born 1944)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tarpley

Tarbell

Tarpley 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 Tarpley?: 3,680 people in the United States had the surname Tarpley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,898 Americans. It ranked 8,896th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tarpley?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Tarpley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tarpley?: Roy Tarpley, American basketball player (1964–2015), followed by Lindsay Tarpley.
Where is the surname Tarpley most common?: Wikidata records people named Tarpley in the United States.
Is the surname Tarpley getting more or less common?: More common. 3,617 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,680 in 2010, up 1.7%.