Tickle Surname

84,629th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,707 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Tickle Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Tickhill,' a parish in the Union of Doncaster, Yorkshire By removal of a branch of this family into Lancashire, the surname is now more familiar in that county than in the county of its parentage.

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Tickle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,3861:151,91115,599
England2,1641:25,7483,523
Australia8391:32,1764,268
Canada601:614,09350,489
New Zealand551:82,33311,809
Wales461:67,2725,910
South Africa391:1,389,17274,222
Scotland321:167,3079,494
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Isle of Man121:7,1521,559
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malta11:430,2723,380
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,3471:18,0962,614
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2731:183,95116,312

Tickle (34) may also be a first name.

Tickle Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Tickhill,' a parish in the Union of Doncaster, Yorkshire By removal of a branch of this family into Lancashire, the surname is now more familiar in that county than in the county of its parentage.

Jordan de Tykehull, Nottinghamshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Richard de Tikhill, 28 Edward I: Freemen of York.

Henricus de Tikhill, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Arthur Tickle, of Ormskirk, 1590: Wills at Chester.

Edward Tickle, of Manchester, apothecary. 1616: ibid.

Alice Tickhill, of Manchester, 1618: ibid.

1795. Married — Ebenezer Roebuck and Zipporah Tickell: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) belonging to Tickhill (Yorks), 14th cent. Tikhill, 13th cent. Tykehull = the Goat-Hill [Old English ticc, a goat (v. under Tichborne) + Old English hyll (Middle English hull, etc.] This is more likely than a connexion with Scandinavian tik, a bitch.

(Celtic) Stout, Firm [Gaelic taiceil]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

. From Tickhill, a parish and formerly a market town co. York, West Riding.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From Tickhill; a location name. in Yorkshire Or from the Dutch, Tikkel; a personal name.

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

Tickle Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tickle occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tickle? popularity and diffusion

It is the 84,629th most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,276,949 people. Tickle is predominantly found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Tickle are found; 43 percent are found in North America and 43 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Tickle is also the 1,775,424th most common first name in the world, held by 34 people.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 2,386 people, or 1 in 151,911. In The United States it is mostly found in: North Carolina, where 22 percent are found, Virginia, where 20 percent are found and Tennessee, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The United States it occurs in 32 countries. It is also found in England, where 38 percent are found and Australia, where 15 percent are found.

Tickle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tickle has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 874 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 161 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Tickle Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Tickle last name is principally Anglican (60%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Tickle last name are 13.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.33% registered with the party.

The amount Tickle earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 14.4% more than the national average, earning R 271,860 per year; in United States they earn 4.27% less than the national average, earning $41,306 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.81% more than the national average, earning $52,075 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tickley9268/
Ticklie925/
Thickle920/
Ticklle920/
Tikle913,487/
Ticle91439/
Tichkele861/
Ticlea83296/
Teckle8365/
Tikele8350/
Tikley837/
Tikile836/
Ticles836/
Ticlle835/
Tuckle834/
Tiekle834/
Tikhle833/
Tickly832/
Tiklet832/
Thikle832/
Tickla831/
Ticler831/
Tickli831/
Tiecle831/
Tiklee831/
Thicle830/
Ticley830/
Ticlet830/
Tikhile77661/
Tuckley77562/
Taiclet77423/
Ticklay7715/
Tikhele7712/
Teckles779/
Tiekley775/
Taikile774/
Tickhil774/
Tecklie774/
Teckley773/
Tueckle773/
Tückler773/
Tiekleu772/
Tucklee771/
Tiscler771/
Thiscle771/
Teackle771/
Tecklee771/
Taicles771/
Tiskele770/
Tekle73163,993/
Tecle7327,263/
Ticli73532/
Tikla73226/
Tükle73175/
Tikly73150/
Ticla73111/
Tikli7331/
Tukle7318/
Ticly7318/
Tucle734/
Tykle731/
Tycle731/
Tècle731/
Tickhill7192/
Știoclei7138/
Theckile712/
Tishcler711/
Teackley710/
Tekele6720,879/
Tekile6715,017/
Teklie676,932/
Ticlla673,081/
Teakle671,486/
Ticlia671,384/
Tecles67510/
Teclea67119/
Ticlio67116/
Tecler6792/
Ticloi6759/
Teckla6736/
Tekley6724/
Tekles6719/
Teacle6716/
Tikhil6712/
Thecle6712/
Tuclea6710/
Tikkla6710/
Teklee679/
Tikail678/
Thekle676/
Tuccle674/
Teekle674/
Tekhle674/
Tikhli674/
Tekkle674/
Teclet672/
Tekleh672/
Tikkli672/
Thècle672/
Tikloy672/
Teykle671/
Tekleu671/
Teklle671/
Taikla671/
Tuckly671/
Tuklee671/
Teclei671/
Ticcla671/
Ticlay671/
Ticloy671/
Ticlui671/
Tigkli671/
Tiklay671/
Tidcly671/
Teckly670/
Teckli670/

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