The surname Tiger
A surname, carried by 2,428 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex T260
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,428 people named Tiger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,160 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,240.
#12,715
rank among US surnames
2,428
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+8.4%
change since 2000 (was #12,667)
Who is named Tiger
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
44% of people named Tiger identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 7.0% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 44%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 38%
- Two or more races 7.0%
- Black (not Hispanic) 6.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Tiger has the Soundex code T260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T260.
Questions
- How common is the surname Tiger?
- 2,428 people in the United States had the surname Tiger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,160 Americans. It ranked 12,715th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Tiger?
- In the 2010 Census, 44% of people named Tiger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- Is the surname Tiger getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,240 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,428 in 2010, up 8.4%.