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    The surname Tenenbaum

    A surname, carried by 1,212 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex T551

    Tenenbaum: #21,535 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tenenbaum #21,535, 1,212 people Tenenbaum: #21,535 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tenenbaum #21,535, 1,212 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tenenbaum is more common than 86.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,212 people named Tenenbaum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 254,741 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,163.

    #21,535
    rank among US surnames
    1,212
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #21,054)

    Who is named Tenenbaum

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

    98% of people named Tenenbaum identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tenenbaum

    Tenenbaum has the Soundex code T551, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T551.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tenenbaum?
    1,212 people in the United States had the surname Tenenbaum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,741 Americans. It ranked 21,535th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tenenbaum?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Tenenbaum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Tenenbaum getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,163 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,212 in 2010, up 4.2%.