How common is the surname Tatum?

24,558 people in the United States had the surname Tatum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,572 Americans. It ranked 1,451st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tatum?

Channing Tatum, American actor, dancer and model (born 1980), followed by Goose Tatum.

Where is the surname Tatum most common?

Wikidata records people named Tatum in the United States.

Is the surname Tatum getting more or less common?

More common. 23,300 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,558 in 2010, up 5.4%.

Is Tatum also a first name?

Yes. Tatum is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Tatum

An English place surname, carried by 24,558 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T350 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tatum is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Tatum 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 24,558 people named Tatum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,572 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 23,300.

#1,451

rank among US surnames

24,558

people in 2010

8.3

per 100,000 Americans

+5.4%

change since 2000 (was #1,395)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,442	McCauley	24,743	12,478
#1,443	Elias	24,696	12,502
#1,444	Jacob	24,688	12,506
#1,445	Meredith	24,679	12,510
#1,446	McElroy	24,668	12,516
#1,447	Groves	24,629	12,536
#1,448	Uribe	24,612	12,545

Who is named Tatum

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

55% of people named Tatum identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tatums

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Channing Tatum
American actor, dancer and model (born 1980)
Goose Tatum
African American professional basketball and baseball player; Negro League Baseball player, 1921–1967
Donn Tatum
American businessman (1913-1993)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tatum

Tatum 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 Tatum come from?: From Tatham, from Old English Tāta, a personal name of unknown meaning + hām.
How common is the surname Tatum?: 24,558 people in the United States had the surname Tatum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,572 Americans. It ranked 1,451st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tatum?: In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Tatum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tatum?: Channing Tatum, American actor, dancer and model (born 1980), followed by Goose Tatum.
Where is the surname Tatum most common?: Wikidata records people named Tatum in the United States.
What type of surname is Tatum?: Tatum is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Tatum getting more or less common?: More common. 23,300 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,558 in 2010, up 5.4%.
Is Tatum also a first name?: Yes. Tatum is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.