How common is the surname Tighe?

4,942 people in the United States had the surname Tighe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,474 Americans. It ranked 6,824th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tighe?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Tighe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Tighe most common?

Wikidata records people named Tighe in the United States.

Is the surname Tighe getting more or less common?

More common. 4,865 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,942 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Tighe

A surname, carried by 4,942 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tighe is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,942 people named Tighe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,474 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,865.

#6,824

rank among US surnames

4,942

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,437)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,821	Hayman	4,945	62,436
#6,822	Clapper	4,944	62,449
#6,823	Brace	4,943	62,461
#6,824	Tighe	4,942	62,474

Who is named Tighe

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

95% of people named Tighe identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tighes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kevin Tighe
American actor, born 1944

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tighe

Tice

Tighe has the Soundex code T200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T200.

Questions

How common is the surname Tighe?: 4,942 people in the United States had the surname Tighe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,474 Americans. It ranked 6,824th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tighe?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Tighe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Tighe?: Kevin Tighe, American actor.
Where is the surname Tighe most common?: Wikidata records people named Tighe in the United States.
Is the surname Tighe getting more or less common?: More common. 4,865 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,942 in 2010, up 1.6%.