How Many People Have the Last Name Tatum?
people had the surname Tatum in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 12,005 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+1,258 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Tatum (55.3%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 37.9%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Tatum ranks #1,078. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 57.7% to 55.3%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Tatum grew from 23,300 people in 2000 to 24,558 in 2010 (up 5.4%), and its rank fell from #1,395 to #1,451. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 8.64 to 8.33 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 23,300 | 24,558 |
| Rank | #1,395 | #1,451 |
| Per 100,000 people | 8.64 | 8.33 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Tatum
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Tatum: T350
👤 Tatum as a First Name
Tatum is a first name too: about 41,500 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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