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The surname Turnbaugh

A surname, carried by 1,148 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T651

Turnbaugh: #22,421 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Turnbaugh #22,421, 1,148 people Turnbaugh: #22,421 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Turnbaugh #22,421, 1,148 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Turnbaugh is more common than 86.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,148 people named Turnbaugh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 268,942 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,135.

#22,421
rank among US surnames
1,148
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+1.1%
change since 2000 (was #21,469)

Who is named Turnbaugh

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

95% of people named Turnbaugh identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Two or more races 1.7%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
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 Turnbaugh

Turnbaugh has the Soundex code T651, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T651.

Questions

How common is the surname Turnbaugh?
1,148 people in the United States had the surname Turnbaugh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 268,942 Americans. It ranked 22,421st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Turnbaugh?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Turnbaugh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Turnbaugh getting more or less common?
More common. 1,135 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,148 in 2010, up 1.1%.