How common is the last name Tatum?

23,395 people in the United States have the last name Tatum, about 1 in 12,776. It ranks #1,490 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

TATUM

#1,490

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
23,395
About
1 in 12,776
This common or more
44.3%
Who bears it

Of the 23,395 people with the last name Tatum, 52.8% reported their origin as White, 36.5% as Black and 5.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Tatum

#1,488 Schulz · 23,413#1,489 Prado · 23,397#1,491 Mohammed · 23,378#1,492 Draper · 23,360

Spelled almost the same

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

#23,063 Tatom · 1,139#24,443 Tatem · 1,067

Also a first name

As a first name, Tatum ranks #1,403 of 53,615, with 24,725 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 3,397 births. See Tatum as a first name

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