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    The surname Tinkle

    A surname, carried by 1,174 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T524

    Tinkle: #22,069 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tinkle #22,069, 1,174 people Tinkle: #22,069 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tinkle #22,069, 1,174 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tinkle is more common than 86.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,174 people named Tinkle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 262,986 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,048.

    #22,069
    rank among US surnames
    1,174
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12%
    change since 2000 (was #22,821)

    Who is named Tinkle

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

    94% of people named Tinkle identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tinkle

    Tinkle has the Soundex code T524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T524.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tinkle?
    1,174 people in the United States had the surname Tinkle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,986 Americans. It ranked 22,069th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tinkle?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Tinkle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Tinkle getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,048 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,174 in 2010, up 12%.