How common is the surname Tulloch?

2,090 people in the United States had the surname Tulloch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,725 Americans. It ranked 14,316th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tulloch?

Elizabeth Tulloch, American actress, followed by Courtney Tulloch.

Where is the surname Tulloch most common?

Wikidata records people named Tulloch in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Tulloch getting more or less common?

More common. 1,710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,090 in 2010, up 22%.

The surname Tulloch

A surname, carried by 2,090 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tulloch is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

From Scots, from a Scottish Gaelic word for "hillock" akin to Irish tulach, also found in the first element of French Toulon.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,090 people named Tulloch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 147,725 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,710.

#14,316

rank among US surnames

2,090

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+22.2%

change since 2000 (was #15,691)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,307	Rakowski	2,092	147,584
#14,312	Dwight	2,091	147,654
#14,316	Imler	2,090	147,725

Who is named Tulloch

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

47% of people named Tulloch identified as Black (not Hispanic), 45% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 47%
White (not Hispanic) 45%
Two or more races 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Tullochs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Elizabeth Tulloch
American actress, born 1981
Courtney Tulloch
British artistic gymnast, born 1995

Notable Tullochs come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tulloch

Tulloch has the Soundex code T420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T420.

Questions

Where does the surname Tulloch come from?: From Scots, from a Scottish Gaelic word for "hillock" akin to Irish tulach, also found in the first element of French Toulon.
How common is the surname Tulloch?: 2,090 people in the United States had the surname Tulloch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,725 Americans. It ranked 14,316th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tulloch?: In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Tulloch identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 45% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tulloch?: Elizabeth Tulloch, American actress, followed by Courtney Tulloch.
Where is the surname Tulloch most common?: Wikidata records people named Tulloch in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Tulloch getting more or less common?: More common. 1,710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,090 in 2010, up 22%.