Last Name TIGER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Jewish, Native American, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	12,667 (2000 US census)	12,125 (1990 US census)

Count	2,240 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

42.77%, or 958 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
6.56%, or 147 total occurrences, as black,
0.27%, or 6 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
41.16%, or 922 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
6.34%, or 142 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.9%, or 65 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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