How common is the surname Tarwater?

1,282 people in the United States had the surname Tarwater in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,831 Americans. It ranked 20,648th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tarwater?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Tarwater identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Tarwater getting more or less common?

More common. 1,250 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,282 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Tarwater

A surname, carried by 1,282 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex T636

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tarwater is more common than 87.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,282 people named Tarwater in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 240,831 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,250.

#20,648

rank among US surnames

1,282

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #19,890)

Who is named Tarwater

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

92% of people named Tarwater identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tarwater

Tarter

Tarwater has the Soundex code T636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T636.

Questions

How common is the surname Tarwater?: 1,282 people in the United States had the surname Tarwater in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,831 Americans. It ranked 20,648th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tarwater?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Tarwater identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Tarwater getting more or less common?: More common. 1,250 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,282 in 2010, up 2.6%.