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    The surname Tumlin

    A surname, carried by 1,179 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈtʌm.lɪn/ 2 syllables Soundex T545

    Tumlin: #22,000 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tumlin #22,000, 1,179 people Tumlin: #22,000 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tumlin #22,000, 1,179 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tumlin is more common than 86.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,179 people named Tumlin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 261,871 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,156.

    #22,000
    rank among US surnames
    1,179
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #21,156)

    Who is named Tumlin

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

    89% of people named Tumlin identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.9%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tumlin

    Tumlin has the Soundex code T545, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T545.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tumlin?
    1,179 people in the United States had the surname Tumlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 261,871 Americans. It ranked 22,000th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tumlin?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Tumlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Tumlin?
    Tumlin is /ˈtʌm.lɪn/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Tumlin getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,156 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,179 in 2010, up 2.0%.