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The surname Tatom

A surname, carried by 1,228 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T350

Tatom: #21,330 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tatom #21,330, 1,228 people Tatom: #21,330 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tatom #21,330, 1,228 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tatom is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,228 people named Tatom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 251,421 Americans. That is down 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,254.

#21,330
rank among US surnames
1,228
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
-2.1%
change since 2000 (was #19,840)

Who is named Tatom

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

86% of people named Tatom identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 86%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 5.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
  • Two or more races 2.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tatom

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

Questions

How common is the surname Tatom?
1,228 people in the United States had the surname Tatom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,421 Americans. It ranked 21,330th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tatom?
In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Tatom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Tatom getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,254 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,228 in 2010, down 2.1%.