Last Name TANNER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The tanner, one who tanned leather. From 'tan,' the bark of a young oak, wherewith leather is tanned.

Origin	English, Jewish, Dutch, Finnish, Swedish, Swiss, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	675 (2000 US census)	640 (1990 US census)

Count	46,412 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

84.06%, or 39014 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
11.26%, or 5226 total occurrences, as black,
0.45%, or 209 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.01%, or 469 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.61%, or 747 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.61%, or 747 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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