Tails Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Tails Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tails Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Tails (26) may also be a first name.

Tails Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tails Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Tails (Hindi: टाईल्स) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tails? popularity and diffusion

Tails is the 7,593,402nd most numerous surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Tails is primarily found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Tails are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 26 people.

The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Tails is mostly concentrated in: Massachusetts, where 50 percent live, Michigan, where 25 percent live and New Jersey, where 25 percent live. Aside from The United States it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 17 percent live and India, where 17 percent live.

Tails Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Tails has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tails surname expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tails Last Name Statistics demography

Tails earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 66.01% less than the national average, earning $14,667 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tailes9134/
Tailse911/
Tals8956/
Thaills831/
Taisels831/
Tailles831/
Thailes830/
Tales801,450/
Tiles80436/
Taels80314/
Tiels80212/
Teals8028/
Talsh8015/
Talse8015/
Thals807/
Talls803/
Talst802/
Tauls802/
Dtals801/
Tailz801/
Toils801/
Teils800/
Thales732,288/
Thiels73718/
Talles73302/
Tayles73267/
Talese73183/
Tieles73172/
Thaels73164/
Taules73121/
Thalls7397/
Tilese7382/
Taglis7362/
Thiles7342/
Theils7330/
Tayals7318/
Toiles7312/
Tallås7312/
Thalsø736/
Titles735/
Teiles732/
Teales732/
Tgiles731/
Talsse731/
Taless731/
Taylse731/
Dtiles731/
Titils731/
Tailez731/
Tallss731/
Tuilse731/
Talesz731/
Taales731/
Talest730/
Taulls730/
Tisles730/
Talsch730/
Theals730/
Taillez67983/
Thalesh67523/
Tielsch67228/
Thuijls6775/
Tielles6724/
Thayals6713/
Taglies6713/
Theilsø679/
Tittles679/
Talz678/
Tayless676/
Talesse675/
Tallese675/
Theales675/
Tallest675/
Thalest674/
Thieles673/
Taullse673/
Tagliss672/
Thisles672/
Thayles672/
Tahales671/
Teitels671/
Theijls671/
Thuiles671/
Tauyles671/
Talx671/
Thaeles671/
Taglish671/
Teilsch670/
Teitles670/
Theiles670/
Tuilles670/

Tails Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tails in the Hindi language
टाईल्सta'ilsa-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tails
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