How common is the surname Tichenor?

2,488 people in the United States had the surname Tichenor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,094 Americans. It ranked 12,476th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tichenor?

Isaac Tichenor, American politician (1754-1838), followed by Dylan Tichenor.

Where is the surname Tichenor most common?

Wikidata records people named Tichenor in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Tichenor getting more or less common?

More common. 2,474 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,488 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Tichenor

A surname, carried by 2,488 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex T256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tichenor is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,488 people named Tichenor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,094 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,474.

#12,476

rank among US surnames

2,488

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #11,634)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,467	Como	2,490	123,994
#12,473	Pentecost	2,489	124,044
#12,476	Beaupre	2,488	124,094
#12,482	Bade	2,487	124,144
#12,485	Lowrie	2,485	124,244

Who is named Tichenor

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

91% of people named Tichenor identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tichenors

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Isaac Tichenor
American politician (1754-1838)
Dylan Tichenor
American film editor, born 1968
Bridget Bate Tichenor
British-American artist, surrealist painter, fashion editor (1917–1990)

Notable Tichenors come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tichenor

Tichenor has the Soundex code T256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T256.

Questions

How common is the surname Tichenor?: 2,488 people in the United States had the surname Tichenor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,094 Americans. It ranked 12,476th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tichenor?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Tichenor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tichenor?: Isaac Tichenor, American politician (1754-1838), followed by Dylan Tichenor.
Where is the surname Tichenor most common?: Wikidata records people named Tichenor in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Tichenor getting more or less common?: More common. 2,474 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,488 in 2010, up 0.6%.