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    The surname Tatham

    An English place surname, carried by 1,015 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T350

    Tatham: #24,608 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Tatham #24,608, 1,015 people Tatham: #24,608 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Tatham #24,608, 1,015 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tatham is more common than 84.8% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From the Old English personal name Tata + hām (“homestead”).

    Tatham is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,015 people named Tatham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 304,183 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 979.

    #24,608
    rank among US surnames
    1,015
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #24,037)

    Who is named Tatham

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

    87% of people named Tatham identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Tathams

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Charles Tatham
      American fencer (1854–1939)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tatham

    Tatham has the Soundex code T350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T350.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tatham come from?
    From the Old English personal name Tata + hām (“homestead”).
    How common is the surname Tatham?
    1,015 people in the United States had the surname Tatham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,183 Americans. It ranked 24,608th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tatham?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Tatham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Tatham?
    Charles Tatham, American fencer (1854–1939).
    Where is the surname Tatham most common?
    Wikidata records people named Tatham in the United States.
    What type of surname is Tatham?
    Tatham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Tatham getting more or less common?
    More common. 979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,015 in 2010, up 3.7%.