Tattersall Surname

64,019th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,820 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Tattersall Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Tattershall,' a parish in Lincolnshire, nine miles from Horncastle, corrupted by imitation into Tortoiseshell (q.v).

Robert de Tateshale, or Tatteshall, or Tatersale, 26 Edward I: Calendarium Genealogicum: Henry III-Edward I.

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Tattersall Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,4331:12,5691,857
Australia1,2351:21,8593,021
United States9141:396,56334,761
Canada5041:73,1068,302
New Zealand1671:27,1164,736
Scotland1271:42,1563,883
Wales1271:24,3662,557
South Africa1261:429,98236,940
Netherlands331:511,73348,115
France271:2,460,101186,232
Ireland241:196,2068,013
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Isle of Man151:5,7211,243
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,1491:5,875895
Scotland191:197,0117,414
Wales81:196,0527,186
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1411:356,16127,153

Tattersall Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Tattershall,' a parish in Lincolnshire, nine miles from Horncastle, corrupted by imitation into Tortoiseshell (q.v).

Robert de Tateshale, or Tatteshall, or Tatersale, 26 Edward I: Calendarium Genealogicum: Henry III-Edward I.

Robert Tatersall, Close Rolls, 9 Henry IV.

1585. Baptised — Edwarde, s. James Tattersall: St. Michael. Cornhill.

1803. Married — Thomas Ridgway and Sarah Tattershall: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) belonging to Tattershall (Lincs), 13th cent. Tattes- hall, Tateshale, Anglo-Saxon *Tatesh(e)all = Tat’s Hall [v. under Tait(e, and + Old English h(e)all, a hall]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Local. From the town of Tattersall, in Lincolnshire, England.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

The Tattersalls, who are now numerous in the Burnley district, owned the Holme estate in the ancient parish of Whalley in the 14th century: in the reign of Henry VIII. there was a family of this name at Rigge in the same parish (W. W.). In the 13th century Tatsalle and Tatsal were characteristic Lincolnshire names, and were evidently derived from Tattershall, a town in that county. In Norfolk and Suffolk they were then represented mostly by De Tatishale and De Tateshal (H. R.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Tattersall Last Name Facts

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

Tattersall is most common in England. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tattersall? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tattersall is the 64,019th most commonly used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 931,911 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 62 percent of Tattersall reside; 61 percent reside in Northern Europe and 60 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 4,433 people, or 1 in 12,569. In England Tattersall is most prevalent in: Lancashire, where 26 percent live, Greater Manchester, where 16 percent live and West Yorkshire, where 8 percent live. Besides England this last name is found in 41 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 16 percent live and The United States, where 12 percent live.

Tattersall Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tattersall has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Tattersall surname increased 107 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 648 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 668 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 1,588 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 1,200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Tattersall Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Tattersall last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Tattersall surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% registered with the political party.

The amount Tattersall earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 122.95% more than the national average, earning R 529,824 per year; in United States they earn 9.2% more than the national average, earning $47,117 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.43% more than the national average, earning $52,379 CAD per year.

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