Tildesley Surname

370,695th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 969 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Tildesley Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Tyldesley,' a parish in South Lancashire. The surname passed on at some period to London, and is commoner there than in Lancashire.

Hugo de Tyldesley, Lincolnshire, 20 Edward.

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Tildesley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7421:75,0928,522
Australia891:303,32226,493
New Zealand411:110,44714,290
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
United States201:18,122,947588,089
Scotland201:267,69112,985
Wales171:182,03112,022
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
France11:66,422,722504,397
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4471:54,5316,519
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Tildesley Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Tyldesley,' a parish in South Lancashire. The surname passed on at some period to London, and is commoner there than in Lancashire.

Hugo de Tyldesley, Lincolnshire, 20 Edward.

Henry de Tyldesley, Lincolnshire, ibid.

Thurstan Tyldslay, Lancashire, 1563: Wills at Chester.

Richard Tildesley, of Preston, Lancashire: ibid.

1593. Thurstan Tyldslay: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

1624. Married — Philip Tillsley and Ann Daniell: St. Mary Aldermary.

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

(English) belonging to Tyldesley (Lancs), 13th cent. Tyldesley, Tildesle [An unrecorded Anglo-Saxon pers. name (in the genit.) seems to be involved here, prob. *Tiloð, from til, good, with the diminutive suff. -oð: + Old English leáh (Middle English ley, le, etc.), a lea, meadow]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A chapelry in Lancashire, at an early period the residence of the family. See Ormerod's Miscel. Palat. p. 26.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Tyldesley; a location name in Lancashire.

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

Tildesley Last Name Facts

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

Tildesley is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tildesley? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 370,695th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,520,687 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of Tildesley are found; 81 percent are found in Northern Europe and 80 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname is most common in England, where it is carried by 742 people, or 1 in 75,092. In England it is most frequent in: West Midlands, where 21 percent reside, Staffordshire, where 13 percent reside and West Yorkshire, where 5 percent reside. Not including England this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 9 percent reside and New Zealand, where 4 percent reside.

Tildesley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tildesley has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 166 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 667 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tildesley Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Tildesley earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 58.27% more than the national average, earning $68,292 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.17% less than the national average, earning $47,611 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tijldesley951/
Tilldesley950/
Tildsley94485/
Tildesly940/
Tyldesley89869/
Tildseley891/
Tildasley890/
Tildsly880/
Tyldsley82196/
Tyldesly821/
Tiltsley820/
Tyldeslay782/
Tyledsley781/
del Desal561/
Dilotsohle5310/

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Tildesley Reference & Research

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