The Tanner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 48,813 people carried this name — #709 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 6,040 people counted. That is up 5% from 46,412 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
5,910 people named Tanner live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Bern.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 7 births for the Tanner name in 1890.
Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 300 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 154 people named Tanner.
61 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Lot-et-Garonne.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 102 people named Tanner live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
822 people named Tanner are counted in Finland and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Tanner in American newspapers,
1880–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 387,029 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Tanner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Adam Tanner 1572–1632 · mathematician -
Johannes Tanner (1594) 1594–1665 · Landammann -
Johannes Tanner (1627) 1627–1671 · politician -
Laurenz Tanner 1631–1701 · politician -
Laurenz Tanner 1668–1729 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 232 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tanner.
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