# Tucker (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tucker/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A south-western English surname originating as an occupation; equivalent to Fuller.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 167,446 |
| US rank (2010) | 153 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,844 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (162,933 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtʌkɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tucker in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tucker in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Tucker

- Chris Tucker, American actor and comedian
- Benjamin Tucker, American journalist and anarchist (1854-1939)
- Jonathan Tucker, American actor
- Maureen Tucker, American musician
- Tanya Tucker, American country singer (born 1958)
- P. J. Tucker, American basketball player (born 1985)
- Roy A. Tucker, American astronomer (1951–2021)
- Richard Tucker, American opera singer (1913-1975)
- Michael Tucker, American actor, author, producer
- Forrest Tucker, American actor (1919–1986)
- Talen Horton-Tucker, American basketball player (born 2000)
- Preston Tucker, American businessman (1903-1956)

and 39 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Tacker, Thacker, Teixeira, Tessier, Tasker, Thakkar, Tiger, Tooker, Thakur, Texeira, Tokar, Tozer.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.