How common is the surname Turnage?

5,831 people in the United States had the surname Turnage in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,949 Americans. It ranked 5,911th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Turnage getting more or less common?

More common. 5,567 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,831 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Turnage

A surname, carried by 5,831 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Turnage is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,831 people named Turnage in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,949 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,567.

#5,911

rank among US surnames

5,831

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #5,709)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,903	Gudino	5,847	52,804
#5,905	Seale	5,846	52,813
#5,906	Stackhouse	5,844	52,831
#5,907	Frizzell	5,840	52,867
#5,908	Mincey	5,839	52,876
#5,909	Marchant	5,834	52,922
#5,910	Philip	5,832	52,940

Who is named Turnage

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

65% of people named Turnage identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 65%
Black (not Hispanic) 30%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Turnage

Trang

Turnage has the Soundex code T652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T652.

Questions

How common is the surname Turnage?: 5,831 people in the United States had the surname Turnage in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,949 Americans. It ranked 5,911th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Turnage?: In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Turnage identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Turnage getting more or less common?: More common. 5,567 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,831 in 2010, up 4.7%.