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    The surname Tisdale

    A surname, carried by 10,293 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T234

    Tisdale: #3,473 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Tisdale #3,473, 10,293 people Tisdale: #3,473 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tisdale #3,473, 10,293 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tisdale is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Teesdale.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,293 people named Tisdale in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,996 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,734.

    #3,473
    rank among US surnames
    10,293
    people in 2010
    3.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.7%
    change since 2000 (was #3,359)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,464Fang10,31629,929
    #3,466Maya10,31329,938
    #3,467Ferry10,31229,940
    #3,468Marvin10,31029,946
    #3,469Quinlan10,30229,969
    #3,470Minter10,30129,972
    #3,471Cosby10,30029,975

    Who is named Tisdale

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

    55% of people named Tisdale identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 55%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 40%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Tisdales

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ashley Tisdale
      American actress and singer-songwriter (born 1985)
    • Jennifer Tisdale
      American actress, born 1981
    • Wayman Tisdale
      American basketball player and smooth jazz bass guitarist (1964–2009)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tisdale

    Tisdale has the Soundex code T234, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T234.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tisdale come from?
    Variant of Teesdale.
    How common is the surname Tisdale?
    10,293 people in the United States had the surname Tisdale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,996 Americans. It ranked 3,473rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tisdale?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Tisdale identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Tisdale?
    Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer-songwriter (born 1985), followed by Jennifer Tisdale.
    Where is the surname Tisdale most common?
    Wikidata records people named Tisdale in the United States.
    Is the surname Tisdale getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,734 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,293 in 2010, up 5.7%.