The surname Tigner
A surname, carried by 2,138 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex T256
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,138 people named Tigner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,409 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,982.
#14,070
rank among US surnames
2,138
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+7.9%
change since 2000 (was #13,971)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #14,062 | Calhoon | 2,141 | 144,206 |
| #14,064 | Frison | 2,140 | 144,274 |
| #14,067 | Castiglione | 2,139 | 144,341 |
| #14,070 | Mazon | 2,138 | 144,409 |
| #14,076 | Ellefson | 2,137 | 144,476 |
Who is named Tigner
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
58% of people named Tigner identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 58%
- Black (not Hispanic) 37%
- Two or more races 2.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Tigner 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 Tigner?
- 2,138 people in the United States had the surname Tigner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,409 Americans. It ranked 14,070th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Tigner?
- In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Tigner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Tigner getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,982 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,138 in 2010, up 7.9%.