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    The surname Tien

    A Chinese surname, carried by 2,125 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T500

    Tien: #14,139 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tien #14,139, 2,125 people Tien: #14,139 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tien #14,139, 2,125 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tien is more common than 91.3% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

    Borrowed from Mandarin 田 (tián).

    One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,125 people named Tien in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,292 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,914.

    #14,139
    rank among US surnames
    2,125
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11%
    change since 2000 (was #14,349)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,137Pavia2,126145,224
    #14,139Fujii2,125145,292
    #14,148Longwell2,124145,360

    Who is named Tien

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

    88% of people named Tien identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 7.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.7%
    • Two or more races 3.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tien

    Tien has the Soundex code T500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T500.

    Other Chinese surnames

    All 193 Chinese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tien come from?
    Borrowed from Mandarin 田 (tián).
    How common is the surname Tien?
    2,125 people in the United States had the surname Tien in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,292 Americans. It ranked 14,139th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tien?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Tien identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 7.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Tien getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,914 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,125 in 2010, up 11%.
    What are other spellings of Tien?
    Tian and Thien.