How common is the surname Tyndall?

4,786 people in the United States had the surname Tyndall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,510 Americans. It ranked 6,999th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Tyndall getting more or less common?

More common. 4,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,786 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Tyndall

A surname, carried by 4,786 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T534

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tyndall is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

Variant of Tynedale.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,786 people named Tyndall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,510 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,590.

#6,999

rank among US surnames

4,786

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,770)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,993	O'Mara	4,792	64,429
#6,995	Gillispie	4,791	64,443
#6,998	Nicely	4,789	64,470
#6,999	Tyndall	4,786	64,510
#7,001	Fulk	4,785	64,524
#7,004	Southworth	4,783	64,551
#7,005	Sheehy	4,782	64,564

Who is named Tyndall

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

89% of people named Tyndall identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.8%
Two or more races 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tyndall

Tyndall has the Soundex code T534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T534.

Questions

Where does the surname Tyndall come from?: Variant of Tynedale.
How common is the surname Tyndall?: 4,786 people in the United States had the surname Tyndall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,510 Americans. It ranked 6,999th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tyndall?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Tyndall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Tyndall getting more or less common?: More common. 4,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,786 in 2010, up 4.3%.