How common is the surname Tweedy?

3,516 people in the United States had the surname Tweedy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,812 Americans. It ranked 9,258th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tweedy?

Jeff Tweedy, American musician.

Where is the surname Tweedy most common?

Wikidata records people named Tweedy in the United States.

Is the surname Tweedy getting more or less common?

More common. 3,327 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,516 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Tweedy

A surname, carried by 3,516 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tweedy is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,516 people named Tweedy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,812 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,327.

#9,258

rank among US surnames

3,516

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #9,032)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,253	Talton	3,519	87,737
#9,255	Mill	3,518	87,762
#9,257	Bakke	3,517	87,787
#9,258	Krawczyk	3,516	87,812
#9,262	Gingrich	3,515	87,837
#9,265	Sickler	3,514	87,862

Who is named Tweedy

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

87% of people named Tweedy identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tweedys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jeff Tweedy
American musician, born 1967

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tweedy

Tweedy has the Soundex code T300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T300.

Questions

How common is the surname Tweedy?: 3,516 people in the United States had the surname Tweedy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,812 Americans. It ranked 9,258th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tweedy?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Tweedy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tweedy?: Jeff Tweedy, American musician.
Where is the surname Tweedy most common?: Wikidata records people named Tweedy in the United States.
Is the surname Tweedy getting more or less common?: More common. 3,327 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,516 in 2010, up 5.7%.