How common is the last name Tan?

39,432 people in the United States have the last name Tan, about 1 in 7,580. It ranks #856 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

TAN

#856

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
39,432
About
1 in 7,580
This common or more
37.9%
Who bears it

Of the 39,432 people with the last name Tan, 91.5% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 3.4% as White and 3.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Tan

#854 Morse · 39,517#855 Benjamin · 39,477#857 Schaefer · 39,427#858 Mcfarland · 39,411

Spelled almost the same

6 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tan, most common first.

#2,659 Tam · 13,232#18,419 Tann · 1,486#27,452 Tani · 930#34,306 Tano · 712#82,600 Tana · 246#96,193 Tain · 203

Also a first name

As a first name, Tan ranks #3,267 of 53,615, with 6,530 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1985, with 29 births. See Tan as a first name

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