How common is the surname Tyre?

2,581 people in the United States had the surname Tyre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,622 Americans. It ranked 12,079th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Tyre getting more or less common?

More common. 2,444 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,581 in 2010, up 5.6%.

Is Tyre also a first name?

Yes. Tyre 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 Tyre

A surname, carried by 2,581 people in the United States.

1 syllable 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). Tyre is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

A surname

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,581 people named Tyre in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,622 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,444.

#12,079

rank among US surnames

2,581

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #11,737)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,072	Horrocks	2,583	119,530
#12,079	Pullin	2,581	119,622
#12,082	Fujimoto	2,580	119,669
#12,083	Marple	2,579	119,715

Who is named Tyre

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

81% of people named Tyre identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tyre

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

Questions

How common is the surname Tyre?: 2,581 people in the United States had the surname Tyre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,622 Americans. It ranked 12,079th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tyre?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Tyre identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Tyre getting more or less common?: More common. 2,444 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,581 in 2010, up 5.6%.
Is Tyre also a first name?: Yes. Tyre 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.