How common is the surname Tyra?

1,841 people in the United States had the surname Tyra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,705 Americans. It ranked 15,818th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Tyra getting more or less common?

More common. 1,763 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,841 in 2010, up 4.4%.

Is Tyra also a first name?

Yes. Tyra is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Tyra

A Polish surname, carried by 1,841 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T600 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tyra is more common than 90.3% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

A surname from Polish.

One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,841 people named Tyra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 167,705 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,763.

#15,818

rank among US surnames

1,841

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #15,299)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,818	Istre	1,841	167,705
#15,824	Stannard	1,840	167,796
#15,827	Bohannan	1,839	167,888

Who is named Tyra

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

88% of people named Tyra identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.6%

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 Tyra

Tyra has the Soundex code T600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T600.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Tyra come from?: Tyra is Polish in origin.
How common is the surname Tyra?: 1,841 people in the United States had the surname Tyra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,705 Americans. It ranked 15,818th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tyra?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Tyra identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Tyra getting more or less common?: More common. 1,763 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,841 in 2010, up 4.4%.
Is Tyra also a first name?: Yes. Tyra is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.