# Tatum (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tatum/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 24,558 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,451 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,572 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.4% (23,300 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Tatham, from Old English Tāta, a personal name of unknown meaning + hām.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tatum in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 55% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 38% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tatum in the United States.

## People named Tatum

- Channing Tatum, American actor, dancer and model (born 1980)
- Goose Tatum, African American professional basketball and baseball player; Negro League Baseball player
- Donn Tatum, American businessman (1913-1993)

## Similar surnames

Tatom, Tatem, Tatham, Totten, Tuten, Tutino, Totino.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.