The Tackett surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 19,737 people carried this name — #1,818 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,900 people counted. That is up 8% from 18,332 in 2000.

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In print

Tackett in American newspapers,
1885–1912.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Tackett
Evening Star 1911-12-17
Newspaper page from Iron County Register carrying the name Tackett
Iron County Register 1885-12-17
Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Tackett
The Washington Herald 1912-12-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,786 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Tackett in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

551 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Tackett. The most, 114, date from the 1940s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 300
Victoria 164
Queensland 46
South Australia 27
Western Australia 11
Tasmania 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Tackett.

Who carried it

People named Tackett,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Marnesba Tackett 1908–2007 · civil rights advocate
  • Boyd Anderson Tackett 1911–1985 · lawyer
  • LaGardo Tackett 1911–1984 · professor
  • Roy Tackett 1925–2003 · novelist
  • Marlow Tackett 1944–2014 · singer
  • Tim Tackett 1950–2025

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Tackett,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States632 records

632 records of the Tackett name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 447
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 162
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Donald H. Tackett

    Born 1921 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bliss El Paso; clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War; died 1979, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record George Edward Tackett

    Born 1948; from Olive Hill, Kentucky. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Kontum, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Susan Tackett

    Arrived at New York in 1848 aboard the California from Liverpool, aged 20; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 632 records for Tackett in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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