Tatem

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈtætɪm/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Tatem is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Derbys. see Tatham .

rarermore common
  • KNSt. Kitts & Nevis1 in 4.1K(measured from records)
  • GDGrenada1 in 113K
  • USUnited States1 in 321K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,035 people, 2010

Sources
42 (measured from records)

Reference-verified

1 in 4.1K (inferred from the name graph)

St. Kitts & Nevis

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Main GB Location (1881): Derbys. see Tatham .

Sources 1

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Where in the world(measured from records)

Tatem 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.

Where Tatem is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1,0351 in 321K1.1KTatem42
KN St. Kitts & Nevis131 in 4.1K13——
NL Netherlands101 in 1.7M10—1
ES Spain61 in 8.3M6—2
GD Grenada11 in 113K1——

1,035 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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 2020; St Kitts & Nevis — Register of Electors 2026; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Grenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 2025. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Tatem is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Thai surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, United States

    Also written ถาเต็ม, ทาเต็ม, ตาเต็ม, Thatem, ตาเตม

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000William Tatem, 1st Baron Glanely, b. 1868Belkacem Tatem, b. 1948N.E. Tatem, b. 1956Killy, b. 1997Andrew J. Tatem, b. 2000

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)

FormalDear Tatem,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 22 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Tatem
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.1K#24,443
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.1K#22,654
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101K#24,237
KN St. Kitts & NevisSt Kitts & Nevis — Register of Electors 2026202613#169
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)200710#62,980
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—6#154,812
GD GrenadaGrenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 202520251#222
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Tatem mean, and where does it come from?
Main GB Location (1881): Derbys. see Tatham . Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Tatem?
A machine transcription gives /ˈtætɪm/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Tatem have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.0 thousand people named Tatem, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tatem.
Where is Tatem most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Tatem is densest in St. Kitts & Nevis — about 1 in 4.1 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Tatem?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,035 people named Tatem in 2010, about 1 in 321 thousand residents.

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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, “Tatem”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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