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The surname Tarvin

A surname, carried by 2,205 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T615

Tarvin: #13,727 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tarvin #13,727, 2,205 people Tarvin: #13,727 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tarvin #13,727, 2,205 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tarvin is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,205 people named Tarvin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,021 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,078.

#13,727
rank among US surnames
2,205
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+6.1%
change since 2000 (was #13,434)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,721Fleischmann2,206139,957
#13,727Gleaton2,205140,021
#13,736Wasilewski2,204140,084

Who is named Tarvin

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

80% of people named Tarvin identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 80%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
  • Two or more races 1.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tarvin

Tarvin has the Soundex code T615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T615.

Questions

How common is the surname Tarvin?
2,205 people in the United States had the surname Tarvin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,021 Americans. It ranked 13,727th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tarvin?
In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Tarvin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Tarvin getting more or less common?
More common. 2,078 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,205 in 2010, up 6.1%.