Explore the Family Name Tumey

The meaning of Tumey

Possibly an altered form of German Tümme: variant of Thieme, or a nickname from Middle High German tumbe ‘dumb, inexperienced, naive, mute’. The surname Tümme is very rare in Germany.

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How common is the last name Tumey in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the Tumey surname has slightly declined in the United States from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, the Tumey name was ranked 27,595th in terms of popularity and dropped to 29,064th by 2010, marking a decrease of 5.32%. The actual count of people with the Tumey surname also decreased marginally from 822 to 816, indicating a 0.73% decline over the decade. Similarly, the proportion of individuals named Tumey per 100,000 people fell by 6.67%, going from 0.3 to 0.28.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#27,595	#29,064	-5.32%
Count	822	816	-0.73%
Proportion per 100k	0.3	0.28	-6.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Tumey

The ethnic identity associated with the Tumey surname saw some shifts during the same period, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. The percentage of Tumeys identifying as White remained fairly stable, increasing slightly from 92.34% to 92.52%. There was a noticeable increase in those identifying as Black, rising from 3.77% to 4.41%, a change of 16.98%. Those claiming Hispanic ethnicity declined modestly from 1.46% to 1.35%. Furthermore, the percentage of Tumeys identifying with two or more races nearly halved from 1.46% to 0.74%. There were no Tumeys who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.34%	92.52%	0.19%
Black	3.77%	4.41%	16.98%
Hispanic	1.46%	1.35%	-7.53%
Two or More Races	1.46%	0.74%	-49.32%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%