The Tall surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,542 people carried this name — #16,988 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 175,400 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 90 people named Tall.
Most of them — 70 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 89 people named Tall live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
66 people named Tall live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Tall in American newspapers,
1900–1951.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,762,945 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Tall,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ahmadu Tall 1833–1897 · sovereign -
Lida Lee Tall 1873–1942 · academic administrator -
Cheryl Tall 1946– · artist -
Madani Tall 1968– · politician -
Chris Tall 1991– · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 36 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tall.
- Talarczyk 144 · U.S. census
- Talarico 2,841 · U.S. census
- Talavera 5,615 · U.S. census
- Talbot 15,027 · U.S. census
- Taleb 274 · U.S. census
- Taliercio 409 · U.S. census
- Talle 121 · U.S. census
- Tallent 4,979 · U.S. census
- Talleur 114 · U.S. census
- Tallon 1,671 · U.S. census
- Talmon 189 · U.S. census
- Talon 352 · U.S. census
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