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    The surname Tuggle

    A surname, carried by 6,589 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T240

    Tuggle: #5,285 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tuggle #5,285, 6,589 people Tuggle: #5,285 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tuggle #5,285, 6,589 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tuggle is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,589 people named Tuggle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,858 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,475.

    #5,285
    rank among US surnames
    6,589
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #4,979)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,280Amundson6,59446,822
    #5,281Raley6,59346,829
    #5,284Pine6,59246,836
    #5,285Fortenberry6,58946,858

    Who is named Tuggle

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

    69% of people named Tuggle identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 69%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 26%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Tuggles

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Richard Tuggle
      American screenwriter and director, born 1948

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tuggle

    Tuggle has the Soundex code T240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T240.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tuggle?
    6,589 people in the United States had the surname Tuggle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,858 Americans. It ranked 5,285th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tuggle?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Tuggle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Tuggle?
    Richard Tuggle, American screenwriter and director.
    Where is the surname Tuggle most common?
    Wikidata records people named Tuggle in the United States.
    Is the surname Tuggle getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,475 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,589 in 2010, up 1.8%.