The surname Tunis
A surname, carried by 1,012 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex T520
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,012 people named Tunis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 305,085 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 952.
#24,665
rank among US surnames
1,012
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+6.3%
change since 2000 (was #24,598)
Who is named Tunis
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
74% of people named Tunis identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 74%
- Black (not Hispanic) 21%
- Two or more races 2.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Tunis has the Soundex code T520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T520.
Questions
- How common is the surname Tunis?
- 1,012 people in the United States had the surname Tunis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 305,085 Americans. It ranked 24,665th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Tunis?
- In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Tunis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Tunis getting more or less common?
- More common. 952 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,012 in 2010, up 6.3%.