How common is the surname Tindell?

2,699 people in the United States had the surname Tindell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,393 Americans. It ranked 11,622nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Tindell getting more or less common?

More common. 2,367 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,699 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Tindell

A surname, carried by 2,699 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T534

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tindell is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

Variant of Tynedale.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,699 people named Tindell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 114,393 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,367.

#11,622

rank among US surnames

2,699

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+14%

change since 2000 (was #12,093)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,614	Huie	2,701	114,308
#11,620	Skiba	2,700	114,350
#11,622	Tindell	2,699	114,393
#11,624	Johansson	2,698	114,435
#11,626	Morlan	2,697	114,477
#11,627	Gaxiola	2,696	114,520
#11,631	Witten	2,695	114,562

Who is named Tindell

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

88% of people named Tindell identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tindell

Tindell has the Soundex code T534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T534.

Questions

Where does the surname Tindell come from?: Variant of Tynedale.
How common is the surname Tindell?: 2,699 people in the United States had the surname Tindell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,393 Americans. It ranked 11,622nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tindell?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Tindell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Tindell getting more or less common?: More common. 2,367 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,699 in 2010, up 14%.