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    The surname Tattersall

    A place surname, carried by 630 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex T362

    Tattersall: #35,671 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Tattersall #35,671, 630 people Tattersall: #35,671 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Tattersall #35,671, 630 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tattersall is more common than 78% of them.

    Origin

    Habitational surname from Tattershall, in Lincolnshire, named from the Old English personal name Tathere + healh (“corner, nook”).

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 630 people named Tattersall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 490,072 Americans. That is up 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 580.

    #35,671
    rank among US surnames
    630
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.6%
    change since 2000 (was #36,421)

    Who is named Tattersall

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

    97% of people named Tattersall identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Tattersalls

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ian Tattersall
      American paleoanthropologist, born 1945

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tattersall come from?
    Habitational surname from Tattershall, in Lincolnshire, named from the Old English personal name Tathere + healh (“corner, nook”).
    How common is the surname Tattersall?
    630 people in the United States had the surname Tattersall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 490,072 Americans. It ranked 35,671st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tattersall?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Tattersall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Tattersall?
    Ian Tattersall, American paleoanthropologist.
    Where is the surname Tattersall most common?
    Wikidata records people named Tattersall in the United States.
    What type of surname is Tattersall?
    Tattersall is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Tattersall getting more or less common?
    More common. 580 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 630 in 2010, up 8.6%.