How common is the surname Tull?

5,904 people in the United States had the surname Tull in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,294 Americans. It ranked 5,851st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tull?

Jethro Tull, British agricultural pioneer, activist of the British Agricultural Revolution, followed by Thomas Tull.

Where is the surname Tull most common?

Wikidata records people named Tull in the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States.

Is the surname Tull getting more or less common?

More common. 5,496 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,904 in 2010, up 7.4%.

The surname Tull

A surname, carried by 5,904 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tull is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,904 people named Tull in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,294 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,496.

#5,851

rank among US surnames

5,904

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+7.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,772)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,848	Neubauer	5,911	52,232
#5,849	Hatten	5,907	52,268
#5,850	Alt	5,906	52,277
#5,851	Tull	5,904	52,294

Who is named Tull

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

72% of people named Tull identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.1%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tulls

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jethro Tull
British agricultural pioneer, activist of the British Agricultural Revolution, 1674–1741
Thomas Tull
American film producer, born 1970

Notable Tulls come mostly from the Kingdom of Great Britain (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tull

Tull has the Soundex code T400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T400.

Questions

How common is the surname Tull?: 5,904 people in the United States had the surname Tull in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,294 Americans. It ranked 5,851st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tull?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Tull identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tull?: Jethro Tull, British agricultural pioneer, activist of the British Agricultural Revolution, followed by Thomas Tull.
Where is the surname Tull most common?: Wikidata records people named Tull in the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States.
Is the surname Tull getting more or less common?: More common. 5,496 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,904 in 2010, up 7.4%.