How common is the surname Tune?

2,142 people in the United States had the surname Tune in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,139 Americans. It ranked 14,058th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tune?

Tommy Tune, American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer.

Where is the surname Tune most common?

Wikidata records people named Tune in the United States.

Is the surname Tune getting more or less common?

More common. 1,997 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,142 in 2010, up 7.3%.

The surname Tune

A surname, carried by 2,142 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tune is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,142 people named Tune in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,139 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,997.

#14,058

rank among US surnames

2,142

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+7.3%

change since 2000 (was #13,875)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,050	Tiner	2,143	144,072
#14,058	Stringfield	2,142	144,139
#14,062	Calhoon	2,141	144,206
#14,064	Frison	2,140	144,274
#14,067	Castiglione	2,139	144,341

Who is named Tune

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

79% of people named Tune identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tunes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tommy Tune
American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer, born 1939

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tune

Tune 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 Tune?: 2,142 people in the United States had the surname Tune in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,139 Americans. It ranked 14,058th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tune?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Tune identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tune?: Tommy Tune, American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer.
Where is the surname Tune most common?: Wikidata records people named Tune in the United States.
Is the surname Tune getting more or less common?: More common. 1,997 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,142 in 2010, up 7.3%.