# Tyner (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tyner/  
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) | 6,819 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,131 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 45,277 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (6,669 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tyner 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) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tyner in the United States.

## People named Tyner

- McCoy Tyner, American jazz pianist (1938–2020)
- Rob Tyner, American musician (1944–1991)
- James Noble Tyner, American politician (1826–1904)
- Charles Tyner, American actor (1923–2017)

## Similar surnames

Tanner, Toner, Towner, Tiner, Tenorio, Toomer, Timmer, Tamura, Tammaro, Tomer.

## 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.