How common is the surname Tasker?

3,553 people in the United States had the surname Tasker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,897 Americans. It ranked 9,181st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tasker?

Bruce Tasker, British bobsledder, followed by Elizabeth Tasker.

Where is the surname Tasker most common?

Wikidata records people named Tasker in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Tasker getting more or less common?

More common. 3,049 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,553 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Tasker

A surname, carried by 3,553 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tasker is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,553 people named Tasker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,897 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,049.

#9,181

rank among US surnames

3,553

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+16.5%

change since 2000 (was #9,789)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,175	Lowrance	3,557	86,799
#9,176	Hawn	3,556	86,824
#9,177	Hearne	3,554	86,873
#9,181	Tasker	3,553	86,897
#9,184	Liberty	3,552	86,922

Who is named Tasker

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

86% of people named Tasker identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Taskers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bruce Tasker
British bobsledder, born 1987
Elizabeth Tasker
British astronomer, born 1980

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tasker

Tasker has the Soundex code T260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T260.

Questions

How common is the surname Tasker?: 3,553 people in the United States had the surname Tasker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,897 Americans. It ranked 9,181st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tasker?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Tasker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tasker?: Bruce Tasker, British bobsledder, followed by Elizabeth Tasker.
Where is the surname Tasker most common?: Wikidata records people named Tasker in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Tasker getting more or less common?: More common. 3,049 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,553 in 2010, up 17%.