Till Surname

30,027th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,799 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Hungary

Till Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Matilda,' from the nick. Till; v. Tilson.

Till Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,5741:65,0277,601
Germany3,6801:21,8762,903
England3,5861:15,5382,273
Hungary9591:10,2361,185
Australia7111:37,9694,946
Austria5411:15,7402,343
Canada5041:73,1068,302
Brazil4821:444,13816,828
South Africa2731:198,45321,324
Czechia2481:42,8777,118
New Zealand2191:20,6773,621
Poland1591:239,04930,603
France1071:620,77381,454
Scotland951:56,3564,696
Wales631:49,1204,600
Argentina631:678,46746,871
Russia571:2,528,475145,724
Venezuela441:686,45611,744
Uruguay411:83,7018,547
Sweden411:240,16516,652
Estonia381:34,7846,408
Papua New Guinea371:220,37130,351
India291:26,450,530346,896
Switzerland261:315,88124,844
Croatia251:169,14421,748
Finland191:289,30021,660
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Belgium121:958,05473,966
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
China81:170,915,1968,932
Iran81:9,597,816173,045
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Norway61:857,04855,549
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Malta11:430,2723,380
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland101:442,98715,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,0801:11,7191,791
Scotland161:233,9518,207
Wales61:261,4039,165
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7711:65,1347,100

Till (8,382) may also be a first name.

Till Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Matilda,' from the nick. Till; v. Tilson.

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

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Matilda,' from nick. Till. Chiefly found in Yorkshire, where Matilda was extremely popular (v. Tillotson).

Alexander fil. Tylle. Documents Illustrative of English History.

John Tilson, Yorkshire Testamenta Eboracensia (Surtees Society).

Robert Tilleson, 1397: Preston Guild Rolls.

Agnes Tylleson, 1379: Poll Tax of Howdenshire.

Robertas Tilleson, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Wielmus Tyllson, 1379: ibid.

John Tills, or Tillis, sheriff of Norwich, 1485: History of Norfolk.

1690. Baptised — Benjamin, s. Nathan Tillson: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1742. Married — James Tilson and Jane Tilson: St. George, Hanover Square.

1748. — John Bell and Elizabeth Till: ibid.

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

(English) a descendant of one of the Anglo-Saxon Till- or Til- names, as Tilla, Tilli, Tila, Tile, Tili, Tilbe(o)rht, Tilfrið, etc. [from Old English til, good, liberal] Thomas son Tilla.—Lanc. Assize-Rolls, A.D. 1246.

(Anglo-French-Teut.) a pet form of Matilda: v. under Malkin.(Anglo-French-Latin) belonging to Til or Thil (France); or Dweller at a Lime-Tree [Latin tilia] The surname Du Thil in France has been largely replaced by the later Du Theil (Dutheil).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Tilla, Tilli or Tila (good, brave); dweller near the Till (stream), a river in Lincolnshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

See William. Sometimes perhaps a contraction of At-Hill.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

1. The nickname for Matilda. 2. Said to be sometimes from William. Hence, as a diminutive, Tillet, by contraction Tilt.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From the Flemish, Thiel; from the Dutch, Til, Till, Thiel; a personal name.

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

Till Last Name Facts

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

Till (Russian: Тилль, Tibetan: ཏིལ་) is found most in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Till? popularity and diffusion

The last name Till is the 30,027th most prevalent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 409,436 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 55 percent of Till reside; 33 percent reside in North America and 32 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 68,951st most widespread given name throughout the world, borne by 8,382 people.

The surname Till is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 5,574 people, or 1 in 65,027. In The United States Till is mostly found in: Texas, where 11 percent are found, Alabama, where 9 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in 79 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 21 percent are found and England, where 20 percent are found.

Till Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Till has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Till surname expanded 723 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 172 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 594 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,050 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 90 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Till Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Till last name is primarily Presbyterian (80%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Till surname are 24.04% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70.81% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Till earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 110.65% more than the national average, earning 729,032 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 68.65% more than the national average, earning R 400,788 per year; in United States they earn 3.51% more than the national average, earning $44,662 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.66% more than the national average, earning $60,445 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thill8910,833/
Tiell89427/
Tillå894/
Tgill891/
Tuill890/
Til865,865/
Tll869/
Thiell80258/
Tell756,768/
Thil751,654/
Tiel751,397/
Tuil751,179/
Tilt75897/
Tyll75871/
Tilp75590/
Tiol75289/
Tijl75139/
Tilh7572/
Täll7562/
Tüll7560/
Tisl7555/
Töll7551/
Tõll7546/
Tihl7523/
Ttil753/
Tild752/
Thll751/
Htil751/
Téll751/
Dtll751/
Tlld751/
Tllp751/
Tillová73257/
Tillova732/
Thiel6772,699/
Tuell671,590/
Thell671,330/
Tl67909/
Tigli67195/
Toell6728/
Dtiel6723/
Htiol6716/
Tiehl6715/
Tellt676/
Tilpp675/
Thyll675/
Thillová674/
Tuull673/
Teell672/
Teull672/
Tellp671/
Htiel671/
Taell671/
Thüll671/
Ttiel671/

Till Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Till in the Tibetan language
ཏིལ་til-
Till in the Russian language
Тилльtill-

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