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    The surname Tayman

    A surname, carried by 549 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T550

    Tayman: #39,960 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Tayman #39,960, 549 people Tayman: #39,960 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Tayman #39,960, 549 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tayman is more common than 75.4% of them.

    Origin

    * As a German surname, possibly altered from Dehmann, Demann, shortened from Deneman, from the personal name Dene, which could be a shortened form of Daniel, + Mann (“man”). * As an English surname, variant of Tyman.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 549 people named Tayman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 562,378 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 528.

    #39,960
    rank among US surnames
    549
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #39,240)

    Who is named Tayman

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

    96% of people named Tayman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tayman

    Tayman has the Soundex code T550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T550.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tayman come from?
    * As a German surname, possibly altered from Dehmann, Demann, shortened from Deneman, from the personal name Dene, which could be a shortened form of Daniel, + Mann (“man”). * As an English surname, variant of Tyman.
    How common is the surname Tayman?
    549 people in the United States had the surname Tayman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 562,378 Americans. It ranked 39,960th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tayman?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Tayman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Tayman getting more or less common?
    More common. 528 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 549 in 2010, up 4.0%.