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    The surname Tuma

    A surname, carried by 2,484 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T500

    Tuma: #12,488 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tuma #12,488, 2,484 people Tuma: #12,488 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tuma #12,488, 2,484 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tuma is more common than 92.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,484 people named Tuma in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,294 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,428.

    #12,488
    rank among US surnames
    2,484
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #11,818)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,482Bade2,487124,144
    #12,485Lowrie2,485124,244
    #12,488Tuma2,484124,294
    #12,491Laplant2,482124,394
    #12,496Justiniano2,481124,444

    Who is named Tuma

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

    90% of people named Tuma identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tuma

    Tuma has the Soundex code T500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tuma?
    2,484 people in the United States had the surname Tuma in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,294 Americans. It ranked 12,488th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tuma?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Tuma identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Tuma getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,428 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,484 in 2010, up 2.3%.