Tannenbaum Surname

77,828th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,282 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Tannenbaum Surname Definition:

“Pine Tree” in German. “Dannenboom” in Low German.

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Tannenbaum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,5651:101,67211,253
Israel2,2331:3,832531
Canada911:404,89735,698
Germany821:981,77468,040
England531:1,051,28451,324
Australia471:574,37741,856
South Africa441:1,231,31169,478
Netherlands381:444,39944,765
Argentina191:2,249,653107,269
Chile181:978,69319,774
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
France171:3,907,219231,005
Poland151:2,533,917108,409
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
United States Virgin Islands71:15,7682,111
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Tannenbaum (10) may also be a first name.

Tannenbaum Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Pine Tree” in German. “Dannenboom” in Low German.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(German) Dweller at, or near, a fir tree.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'fir' or 'Christmas-tree' in German, and is, funnily enough, a common Jewish surname. It is derived from the German words Tanne, meaning 'fir', and Baum, meaning 'tree'; connected with an 'n' = 'Tannenbaum'. This surname had some variations, either by pure misspellings or as an indicator that an ancestor was moving to another country.

- deleted-173293

This is a Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname, meaning 'fir tree' or 'pine tree'.

- evergreen01

Tannenbaum refers to a 'christmas tree'.

- thomashobbes

Tannenbaum Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tannenbaum Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tannenbaum (Russian: Танненбаум) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tannenbaum? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 77,828th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,160,068 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Tannenbaum reside; 55 percent reside in North America and 55 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent given name globally It is held by 10 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 3,565 people, or 1 in 101,672. In The United States it is most numerous in: New York, where 31 percent reside, Florida, where 14 percent reside and California, where 9 percent reside. Not including The United States it is found in 28 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 36 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Tannenbaum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tannenbaum has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tannenbaum last name increased 20,971 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,767 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tannenbaum Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tannenbaum last name are 42.93% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 96.16% being registered with the political party.

The amount Tannenbaum earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 466.85% more than the national average, earning R 1,347,040 per year; in United States they earn 29.44% more than the national average, earning $55,851 USD per year and in Canada they earn 59.4% more than the national average, earning $79,194 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tannenbaum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tannenbaum in the Russian language
Танненбаумtannenbaum-

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