The Tarter surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,507 people carried this name — #9,281 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 84,000 people counted. That is up 9% from 3,229 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 28 people named Tarter 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 Córdoba.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Córdoba 28

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Tarter in American newspapers,
1905–1920.

Newspaper page from The Adair County News carrying the name Tarter
The Adair County News 1920-12-22
Newspaper page from The Adair County News carrying the name Tarter
The Adair County News 1905-11-15
Newspaper page from The Adair County News carrying the name Tarter
The Adair County News 1920-11-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Tarter in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.

747 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Tarter. The most, 158, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 206
New South Wales 193
Victoria 166
South Australia 90
Western Australia 57
Tasmania 34
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Tarter,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giuseppe Tarter 1885–1972 · presbyter
  • Quincy Tarter 1910–1993 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Tarter,
in the records of 5 countries.

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 States260 records

260 records of the Tarter name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 134
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 63
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 41
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles W. Tarter

    Born 1923 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1943 at Indianapolis, Indiana; bookkeeper. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Little Eagle Creek Cemetery, Westfield, Indiana.

    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 Bobby Lee Tarter

    Born 1933; from Brownsville, Kentucky. U.S. Army, automotive repair technician; killed in action 1969 in Binh Long, 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 Carl Tarter

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Waesland from Antwerp, aged 30; mason. From Germany; bound for Chicago.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 260 records for Tarter 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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).

Netherlands3 records

3 records of the Tarter name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anna Maria Tarter

    Married in 1824 in Dordrecht. Died 1832 in Dordrecht, aged 59.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Rivierenland (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Arent Tarter

    Buried in 1738 in Hoorn.

    Open Archives, Westfries Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Tarter in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Germany3 records

3 records of the Tarter name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Thomas Tarter

    From Duppach, Prüm. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 17 December 1914; then reported missing in the list of 26 September 1917 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 237).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johann Tarter

    From Duppach, Prüm. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 15 March 1919 (Infantry Regiment No. 396).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Michael Tarter

    From Duppach, Prüm. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 16 May 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Tarter name in Australia Queensland State Archives indexes
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Giovanni Tarter

    Arrived in Queensland in 1879 aboard the Charles Dickens, aged 30.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Giovanni Tarter

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1883.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France2 records

2 records of the Tarter name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Louis Tarter

    Born 1922 in Italy; died 1993 in Aumetz (Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marie Tarter

    Born 1921 in Italy; died 2001 in Moyeuvre-Grande (Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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