Tice Surname

36,063rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,635 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Tice Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the Tye.' 'Tye, an extensive common pasture': Halliwell. 'Tye: it generally means a small piece of common land close to a village, as Telscombe Tye, a few miles from Brighton': Lower, Patronymica Britannica.

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Tice Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States13,2461:27,3643,415
Turkey3251:239,45116,815
England3201:174,11915,890
Canada2751:133,98413,895
Australia761:355,20729,862
Albania571:51,1246,660
Thailand561:1,261,399181,528
Haiti531:201,5837,706
Poland481:791,84963,527
Scotland331:162,2379,329
Indonesia251:5,289,968246,176
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Uruguay131:263,98118,914
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
United States Virgin Islands51:22,0752,767
Wales51:618,90625,852
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
France21:33,211,361423,184
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2881:84,6378,940
Wales41:392,10412,338
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,2271:15,5621,993

The alternate forms: Tiçe (15) & Tíce (5) are calculated separately.

Tice (295) may also be a first name.

Tice Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the Tye.' 'Tye, an extensive common pasture': Halliwell. 'Tye: it generally means a small piece of common land close to a village, as Telscombe Tye, a few miles from Brighton': Lower, Patronymica Britannica.

Hugh de la Tye, Sussex, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Peter atte-Tye, Norfolk, 10 Edward III: History of Norfolk.

Geoffrey le Tylere, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Ralph le Tilere, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Hugh le Tygheler. Rolls of Parliament.

Adam le Tiyghelere, c. 1300. Writs of Parliament.

Robert le Tiegheler, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

1611. Robert Tyler and Alice Callis: Marriage Lic. (London).

1658. Married — Thomas Nash and Mary Tiler: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

(English) the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Tisa, apparently a variant of Tesa, Tœsa [from Old English ge)tœse, pleasant (for the change from -s- to -c- cp. ‘twice’]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A topographical word of uncertain origin. It generally means a small piece of common land close to a village, as Telscombe Tye, a few miles from Brighton.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From ti, ty, a house, which in the pl. would become tiaz, ties, tiez, tyas, tyes, tyez (W. teios, cots, cottages). Pryce renders tyor, a helliar, thatcher, tiler. Gilbert says Sir Henry le Tyes, Lord Tyes, or (as Camden calls him) De Tiers, was lord of the manor of Tywarnhale "Tiers in Perran-Zabuloe. One of the Tyas families considers itself of Norman origin, and says the name is found written Teutonicus.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

(Dutch.) A familiar abbreviation of Matthias.

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

From the Flemish, Thyes; from the Dutch, Theijs; from the French, Thiess; from the German, Thys; personal name A contraction of Mathias.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Tice was the name of the vicar of West Clandon in 1470 (M.). The name was to be found in Bucks in the reign of Edward I., and at the same time as Tyse in the county of Hunts (H. R.).

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

Tice Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tice is found most in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant: Tiçe or Tíce. Click here to see other potential spellings of Tice.

How Common Is The Last Name Tice? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tice is the 36,063rd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 497,953 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Tice reside; 92 percent reside in North America and 92 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 513,559th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 295 people.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 13,246 people, or 1 in 27,364. In The United States Tice is primarily concentrated in: California, where 8 percent live, Texas, where 7 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 46 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 2 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Tice Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tice has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tice surname increased 410 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 111 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 825 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 125 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tice Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Tice last name are 19.31% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.08% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Tice earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 63.25% less than the national average, earning R 87,324 per year; in United States they earn 1.2% less than the national average, earning $42,630 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.4% more than the national average, earning $50,875 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tiçe9215/
Tíce925/
Ticse893,510/
Ticer89958/
Tiche89406/
Ticey89102/
Ticea8998/
Teice8980/
Ticke8970/
Ticce8942/
Ticze8933/
Tixce8915/
Toice8912/
Tiece897/
Thice893/
Tices893/
Tisce893/
Tuice892/
Tikce892/
Ticet892/
Titce891/
Taice891/
Htice891/
Tigce891/
Ticei891/
Thicke80503/
Tickey80411/
Tichet80242/
Ticked80214/
Teiche80141/
Tiecke80109/
Ticher8067/
Tiches8066/
Titche8054/
Teicke8036/
Tichey8035/
Ticier8032/
Tische8022/
Ticque8022/
Tichez8020/
Taicer8020/
Tickie8019/
Ticzer8013/
Taiche8012/
Tuiche8010/
Thaice808/
Titcze806/
Tichei805/
Tieace804/
Theice803/
Toicet803/
Tioche802/
Tizche802/
Tichej802/
Tiscer801/
Titcke801/
Thicye801/
Thiece801/
Ticeis801/
Taiece801/
Teicey801/
Tiocei801/
Ticcei801/
Tiesce801/
Taicei801/
Taicey800/
Tyiece800/
Tuicke800/
Tickeh800/
Tize7510,021/
Tica756,959/
Tike754,534/
Tige753,235/
Tije751,711/
Tixe751,441/
Tise751,133/
Tich75704/
Tici75644/
Ties75585/
Tyce75468/
Tace75402/
Tică75256/
Tece75115/
Týce7537/
Tieß7529/
Tiez7528/
Ticy7510/
Tiqe753/
Tişe752/
Tiše751/
Tjce751/
Teicher731,690/
Thiecke73212/
Taicher73166/
Titcher73121/
Thickey7338/
Ticquet7313/
Tischeh739/
Tishcer736/
Thicket735/
Tidchey734/
Teicier733/
Toicher732/
Taichet732/
Thickie731/
Tichest731/
Tickeat731/
Tiscker731/
Tisches731/
Teichet731/
Tiyache731/
Thiesce731/
Tiesche731/
Thiches731/
Thichez731/
Theicke730/
Tuicher730/
Thickee730/
Tuicker730/
Htike6758,488/
Tekie6736,362/
Tique6732,062/
Thies6719,899/
Tiger6719,683/
Tizhe678,281/
Titze676,698/
Tichý676,656/
Tasie675,362/
Tichy674,584/
Teich674,554/
Tikhe674,495/
Thike673,460/
Tisch672,602/
Tizie672,005/
Tecer671,757/
Teece671,726/
Tacey671,505/
Teige671,326/
Teche671,309/
Ticay671,261/
Thickett671,223/
Tecce671,204/
Taica67951/
Ttica67840/
Thige67833/
Tisci67815/
Tisse67755/
Tacea67665/
Ticoy67655/
Tuica67651/
Tichi67587/
Thieß67533/
Teise67522/
Ticky67521/
Tiser67504/
Tecse67480/
Tieke67466/
Tikie67451/
Taich67423/
Tijer67379/
Tiğci67370/
Toich67348/
Ticci67346/
Tikke67342/
Ticca67310/
Teike67309/
Tišer67308/
Taise67294/
Tieka67251/
Thise67214/
Toise67213/
Tikey67192/
Tieze67189/
Tisei67182/
Tizer67178/
Tiseh67170/
Ticsa67168/
Tekce67166/
Titscher67166/
Toike67164/
Tiset67159/
Tiges67155/
Tieca67151/
Titse67148/
Tizci67122/
Tiess67115/
Taize67114/
Tizze67106/
Tezce67101/
Tties6794/
Teica6790/
Taige6786/
Teixe6782/
Ticoi6780/
Tuică6776/
Tizeu6775/
Tizeh6774/
Tikeu6771/
Taike6770/
Tisge6765/
Toica6762/
Tihze6761/
Ttike6760/
Tichz6759/
Tisea6757/
Tietsche6755/
Tidje6755/
Tiget6745/
Tioke6741/
Tiezi6741/
Ttije6739/
Tizei6739/
Tixey6736/
Tyche6736/
Toică6736/
Tuike6734/
Tieki6734/
Tishe6733/
Tiseu6733/
Tikez6733/
Tigeh6732/
Teize6729/
Tiesa6727/
Tuici6727/
Thize6727/
Tuise6726/
Teitcher6725/
Tised6724/
Teace6723/
Tiese6723/
Tigge6721/
Tikge6721/
Toize6720/
Teije6719/
Tuize6719/
Thace6718/
Thischeh6718/
Tecke6717/
Tayce6717/
Tikee6716/
Tizez6716/
Tixse6715/
Ticsi6715/
Toischer6715/
Tičer6715/
Taixe6715/
Tijje6714/
Tigie6713/
Tischker6712/
Tezie6712/
Tikeh6712/
Tijet6712/
Tieza6711/
Htich6711/
Taicz6710/
Tioci6710/
Tisje6710/
Ticaa6710/
Tikei679/
Tieys679/
Tizes678/
Tigey678/
Tuischer678/
Toyce677/
Tiške677/
Tidze677/
Titchett676/
Tisie676/
Tioze676/
Teică676/
Tizey675/
Tigee675/
Tesie675/
Tişea675/
Taije675/
Tyzie675/
Taici675/
Titca674/
Tises674/
Ticiy674/
Ticis674/
Ticuy674/
Tisee674/
Thyce673/
Tiscy673/
Tisep673/
Ticai673/
Taiouche673/
Titci673/
Tegie673/
Tihge672/
Tijge672/
Tecee672/
Teischer672/
Tesce672/
Tiose672/
Tijee672/
Taicy672/
Tauce672/
Touce672/
Thiez672/
Teces672/
Tiehs672/
Tiché672/
Tikea672/
Tizee672/
Tizje672/
Tecea672/
Tuixe672/
Tecey671/
Htickett671/
Toicy671/
Tuich671/
Tecge671/
Thicy671/
Ticsy671/
Tieyz671/
Tiged671/
Tigke671/
Tihke671/
Tahce671/
Tacei671/
Toece671/
Téche671/
Têche671/
Texce671/
Teqie671/
Taiqe671/
Toiqe671/
Tecet671/
Tasce671/
Tishcheh671/
Tixci671/
Tixcy671/
Tizge671/
Tișcă671/
Tiesy671/
Ticit671/
Ticza671/
Ticér671/
Tijes671/
Tikca671/
Tized671/
Tihse671/
Tijhe671/
Thece671/
Tihch671/
Teicz671/
Hticy671/
Thickets670/
Tuige670/
Tysie670/
Thischer670/
Tycke670/
Tisscher670/

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