Talboys Surname

610,848th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 506 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Talboys Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the underwood.' Two great Anglican Church musicians, Tallis and Boyce (which see), represent the separate constituents of Talboys. Tallboy (which see) is an imitative corruption.

Isabella Taylbous, Yorkshire, 1477:: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).

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Talboys Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3021:184,49716,523
United States1261:2,876,658169,773
New Zealand221:205,83320,770
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
Wales91:343,83718,086
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
France21:33,211,361423,184
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1231:198,17415,835
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Talboys Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the underwood.' Two great Anglican Church musicians, Tallis and Boyce (which see), represent the separate constituents of Talboys. Tallboy (which see) is an imitative corruption.

Isabella Taylbous, Yorkshire, 1477:: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).

William Taylbus, Yorkshire, 1513: ibid.

Walter Talebois. Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem.

William Tailboys. Rolls of Parliament.

Thomas Taylebushe, merchant-taylor, 1570: Reg. St. Mary Aldermary.

1768. Married-James Nelson and Hannah Talboys: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French-Latin + Teutonic) 1 belonging to Taillebois (Orne, Normandy); or Dweller at the Cut Wood [from French tailler, to cut (cp. Tallis); and see Boys, Boyce] 2 Wood-Cutter or -Trimmer [same Cp.Talfen. etym.]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

French taille-bois, literally "cut-wood," analogous to Taillefer (cutiron), allusive probably to some manual feat. See Bush. The surname occurs frequently in Domesday. Ivo Tailgebosch, lord of Holland, co. Lincoln, married Lucia, sister of the Saxon Earls Edwin and Morcar; and Ralph and Ivo Tailgebosc, Tallebosc, &c., were tenants in Bedfordshire. Other corruptions of this name are Tailboys, Tabois, and Tailbush.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From French taille bois, cut-wood; or rather qui taille le bois, one who cuts wood, a wood-cutter. This name has been rendered in English Cutbush, which, by the bye, was formerly the name of a gardener at Highgate, Middlesex.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Talboys Last Name Facts

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

The surname Talboys has its highest incidence in England. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Talboys.

How Common Is The Last Name Talboys? popularity and diffusion

The last name Talboys is the 610,848th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 14,402,265 people. The last name Talboys occurs mostly in Europe, where 65 percent of Talboys reside; 63 percent reside in Northern Europe and 63 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 302 people, or 1 in 184,497. In England Talboys is mostly concentrated in: Oxfordshire, where 14 percent live, Gloucestershire, where 12 percent live and Somerset, where 10 percent live. Other than England it exists in 12 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent live and New Zealand, where 4 percent live.

Talboys Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Talboys has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 246 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 3,150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Talboys Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Talboys surname are 1.62% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.61% being registered with the party.

The amount Talboys earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 33.07% more than the national average, earning $57,417 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.35% more than the national average, earning $60,288 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Tallboys9328/
Talboy92111/
Talbos9248/
Tallboy8641/
Tolboys869/
Talbots865/
Tajlboy861/
Talbo831,579/
Talby831,298/
Talvoysh8012/
Talbotts802/
Talbot7767,439/
Tailby77823/
Taulby77457/
Talboo7783/
Tallbo7761/
Tealby7732/
Talbou7719/
Talbey7713/
Talbis776/
Talbay774/
Talbas773/
Tallby772/
Talbox771/
Talboe771/
Talbiy771/
Talbio771/
Tailbo771/
Talvoy770/
Talbod770/
Tolboy770/
Talbott7111,972/
Taillebois71808/
Tealbey7118/
Tailbot7112/
Talbase718/
Talbiya717/
Talbout717/
Tallbot713/
Talbash712/
Talboit712/
Talbass711/
Talbayi711/
Talbisz711/
Talbouh711/
Tahlbot711/
Tallbas711/
Talbest711/
Tailebo711/
Taylebo711/
Tajlbot711/
Talbaya711/
Talbaye711/
Talbejo711/
Talboot710/
Thalbis710/
Taulbot710/
Talbi6779,321/
Talba675,563/
Talvo67483/
Talvy67243/
Tolby67140/
Tolbo67112/
Talbisse6775/
Talbiyah6732/
Tailboux6729/
Talbe6729/
Tallbott677/
Talbouch671/
Tailbuis671/
D'Talbot671/
Talvoish671/
Thalbiya671/
Tallboth670/
Talboott670/

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