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    The surname Tat

    A surname, carried by 1,593 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T300

    Tat: #17,639 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tat #17,639, 1,593 people Tat: #17,639 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tat #17,639, 1,593 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tat is more common than 89.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,593 people named Tat in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,814 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,241.

    #17,639
    rank among US surnames
    1,593
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +28.4%
    change since 2000 (was #20,006)

    Who is named Tat

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

    92% of people named Tat identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.6%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tat

    Tat has the Soundex code T300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T300.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tat?
    1,593 people in the United States had the surname Tat in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,814 Americans. It ranked 17,639th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tat?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Tat identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Tat getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,241 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,593 in 2010, up 28%.