# Tunnell (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tunnell/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,362 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,652 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 91,834 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.9% (3,115 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tunnell in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tunnell in the United States.

## People named Tunnell

- James M. Tunnell, American politician (1879-1957)
- Emlen Tunnell, American football player (1925-1975)
- Ebe W. Tunnell, American politician (1844-1917)

## Similar surnames

Tonelli, Tannehill, Townley.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.