Tanner Surname
Approximately 99,851 people bear this surname
Tanner Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the tanner,' one who tanned leather. the Frenchtan, 'the bark of a young oak, wherewith leather is tanned': Cotgrave (v. tan, Skeat). Hence Barker, which see.
Ansketill le Tanur, 1189: The Pipe Rolls, or Sheriff's Annual Accounts of the Counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Durham during the reigns of Henry II, Richard I and John.
Read More About This SurnameTanner Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 63,169 | 1:5,738 | 668 |
| England | 10,200 | 1:5,463 | 769 |
| Switzerland | 8,204 | 1:1,001 | 65 |
| Canada | 5,206 | 1:7,078 | 1,044 |
| Australia | 5,040 | 1:5,356 | 776 |
| Germany | 1,090 | 1:73,858 | 9,347 |
| Wales | 995 | 1:3,110 | 335 |
| New Zealand | 863 | 1:5,247 | 847 |
| Finland | 793 | 1:6,932 | 1,081 |
| South Africa | 531 | 1:102,030 | 12,349 |
| Brazil | 442 | 1:484,331 | 18,300 |
| Ireland | 294 | 1:16,017 | 1,777 |
| Scotland | 293 | 1:18,272 | 2,185 |
| Austria | 244 | 1:34,899 | 5,615 |
| France | 208 | 1:319,340 | 48,512 |
| Thailand | 196 | 1:360,400 | 63,106 |
| Hungary | 186 | 1:52,776 | 5,593 |
| Argentina | 136 | 1:314,290 | 24,990 |
| Mauritius | 124 | 1:10,431 | 2,261 |
| Italy | 95 | 1:643,755 | 57,578 |
| Northern Ireland | 87 | 1:21,207 | 2,507 |
| Dominican Republic | 85 | 1:122,740 | 5,063 |
| Sweden | 82 | 1:120,082 | 8,566 |
| Guyana | 71 | 1:10,736 | 1,577 |
| Russia | 68 | 1:2,119,457 | 129,651 |
| Israel | 67 | 1:127,726 | 13,864 |
| Singapore | 64 | 1:86,058 | 3,478 |
| Estonia | 61 | 1:21,669 | 3,800 |
| Spain | 59 | 1:792,407 | 32,853 |
| Ecuador | 58 | 1:274,239 | 8,727 |
| Chile | 52 | 1:338,778 | 9,521 |
| Japan | 50 | 1:2,556,886 | 31,037 |
| Philippines | 39 | 1:2,595,852 | 132,893 |
| Zimbabwe | 39 | 1:395,852 | 35,770 |
| Netherlands | 37 | 1:456,410 | 45,371 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 32 | 1:3,099 | 465 |
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
| Indonesia | 31 | 1:4,266,103 | 213,470 |
| Malaysia | 30 | 1:983,141 | 44,226 |
| Guernsey | 29 | 1:2,222 | 539 |
| Guam | 25 | 1:6,405 | 908 |
| Mexico | 24 | 1:5,171,925 | 29,601 |
| Czechia | 23 | 1:462,325 | 50,029 |
| Luxembourg | 20 | 1:29,027 | 5,175 |
| Norway | 20 | 1:257,114 | 27,149 |
| Jamaica | 19 | 1:151,050 | 5,132 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 19 | 1:71,788 | 5,445 |
| Jersey | 17 | 1:5,835 | 1,193 |
| Hong Kong | 16 | 1:458,468 | 3,288 |
| Paraguay | 16 | 1:452,297 | 6,189 |
| Belize | 14 | 1:25,391 | 1,935 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Belarus | 11 | 1:863,733 | 65,346 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Isle of Man | 8 | 1:10,728 | 2,153 |
| Panama | 8 | 1:489,032 | 8,962 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Liechtenstein | 6 | 1:6,396 | 809 |
| Romania | 6 | 1:3,346,312 | 56,696 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Guatemala | 5 | 1:3,216,534 | 7,141 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Oman | 5 | 1:737,594 | 6,889 |
| Puerto Rico | 5 | 1:710,028 | 4,074 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:22,075 | 2,767 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Dominica | 2 | 1:37,946 | 685 |
| Ghana | 2 | 1:13,510,346 | 23,679 |
| Mozambique | 2 | 1:13,630,784 | 7,358 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Saint Martin | 1 | 1:35,156 | 229 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 282 | 1:15,709 | 1,977 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6,246 | 1:3,903 | 554 |
| Wales | 351 | 1:4,468 | 314 |
| Scotland | 118 | 1:31,722 | 2,652 |
| Guernsey | 12 | 1:2,721 | 462 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10,542 | 1:4,764 | 588 |
The alternate forms: Tannér (10) & Tànnér (1) are calculated separately.
Tanner (12,968) may also be a first name.
Tanner Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the tanner,' one who tanned leather. the Frenchtan, 'the bark of a young oak, wherewith leather is tanned': Cotgrave (v. tan, Skeat). Hence Barker, which see.
Ansketill le Tanur, 1189: The Pipe Rolls, or Sheriff's Annual Accounts of the Counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Durham during the reigns of Henry II, Richard I and John.
Elfer Tannator, Sussex, 1273.
John Tannarius, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Philip le Tannour, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
Henry le Tanur, Nottinghamshire, ibid.
Henry le Tanner, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
1613. Baptised — Mary, d. James Tanner: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1699. Married — Stephen Tanner and Alice Adams: St. Peter, Cornhill.
From the occupation, 'tanner of leather.' Thomas le Tannour rendered homage at Berwick, 1291 (RR.).
(English) Leather-Maker [Old English tannere] See the quot. from ‘The Tanner of Tamworth’ under Barker.
(English) One who made or sold leather.
A well-known occupation. In H.R. Tannour, Le Tannur, Tannator, Le Tanur, &c.
Hugh de Tanur made grants to the Abbey of Culture, Normandy 1082 (Gall. Christ. xi. 107 Instr.).
Robert, Albert, Norman, Ingulf Taneor, Normandy 1180- 95; Heudebert, Ingulf, Ralph, William Tanator 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); William Tannator and Jordan Tanur, Engl. 1194 (Rotuli Curiae Regis).
From the German, Tanner; a personal name.$
Tanner has been a name long known in Wilts; it was represented in Clarendon Forest two centuries ago (H.).
Tanner Demographics
Average Male Tanner Height
177 cm
Average Female Tanner Height
162.07 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Tanner Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanner Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tanner (Arabic: تنر, Russian: Таннер) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Tannér or Tànnér. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanner? popularity and diffusion
Tanner is the 5,663rd most widespread last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 72,984 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Tanner are found; 68 percent are found in North America and 68 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 51,387th most frequently used forename worldwide It is held by 12,968 people.
Tanner is most common in The United States, where it is held by 63,169 people, or 1 in 5,738. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 8 percent reside, Texas, where 8 percent reside and Georgia, where 7 percent reside. Beside The United States it is found in 121 countries. It is also found in England, where 10 percent reside and Switzerland, where 8 percent reside.
Tanner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Tanner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tanner last name increased 599 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 163 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 283 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 104 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 248 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Tanner Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Anglican (56%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States Tanner are 15.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.85% being registered with the political party.
The amount Tanner earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 27.39% less than the national average, earning 251,278 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 47.72% more than the national average, earning R 351,036 per year; in United States they earn 2.52% less than the national average, earning $42,060 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.36% less than the national average, earning $48,012 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tanner Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tanner in the Russian language | ||
| Таннер | tanner | - |
| Tanner in the Arabic language | ||
| تنر | tnr | - |
| تانر | tanr | - |
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