Tacke
surname · Latin script
Meaning: 1. nd. 'twig, vigorous fellow'; 2 (Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung)
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/ˈd̥ɑɡ̥ːɛ/(recorded in a dictionary) German · from Wiktionary
Tacke is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 31K(inferred from the name graph)
- NLNetherlands1 in 105K
- USUnited States1 in 836K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Tacke itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 135 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 31K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,700 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Taecke in BE Belgium.
How to pronounce Tacke
- German:/ˈd̥ɑɡ̥ːɛ/(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)1. nd. 'twig, vigorous fellow'; 2. 'straw mat', hence mat-maker; 3. Frisian short form of Diet-
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Where the surname Tacke is found
(measured from records)Tacke counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 31K | — | Tacke | 107 |
| US United States | 398 | 1 in 836K | 444 | Tacke | 135 |
| NL Netherlands | 164 | 1 in 105K | 164 | Tacke | 12 |
| BE Belgium | 96as Taecke | 1 in 122K | 96 | Taecke | 4 |
| CA Canada | ≈56 est. | ≈1 in 737K | — | Tacke | 6 |
| AT Austria | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 737K | — | Tacke | 10 |
| AG Antigua & Barbuda | ≈1 est. | ≈1 in 91K | — | Tacke | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Tacke is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, 1. nd. 'twig, sturdy fellow'; 2. 'straw mat' > mat-maker; 3. Frisian short form of Diet-
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, mat (a flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, 1. nd. "Ast, tüch- tiger Kerl". 2. "Stroh- matte", > Täck(n)er "Mat- tenflechter". 3. fries. Kf. zu DIET Tadrenberg Tal
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Erich Tackeb. 1894DEGerman bank employee and communist NKVD agent
- Gerd Tackeb. 1906DEGerman businessman (1906–1997)
- Lena Strothmannb. 1952DEnot in their usual nameGerman politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)13 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 7 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Tacke come from?
- 1. nd. 'twig, vigorous fellow'; 2. 'straw mat', hence mat-maker; 3. Frisian short form of Diet- Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Tacke?
- In German /ˈd̥ɑɡ̥ːɛ/ (Wiktionary).
- What does the name Tacke mean?
- Recorded meaning: 1. nd. 'twig, vigorous fellow'; 2.
- Which countries have the most people with the surname Tacke?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.7 thousand people named Tacke in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tacke. After it come United States, Netherlands, Belgium and Canada; the country table on this page ranks them.
- How common is the name Tacke?
- In the United States, the national register counted 398 people named Tacke in 2010, about 1 in 836 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tackeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tacke”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.