Tiller Surname
Approximately 16,157 people bear this surname
Tiller Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the tiller,' a tiller of the soil. With Tillyer, compare Sawyer for Sawer, or lawyer for lower.
1769. Married — John Tillier and Ann Pickernell: St. George, Hanover Square.
1780.
Read More About This SurnameTiller Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10,126 | 1:35,795 | 4,460 |
| England | 1,446 | 1:38,533 | 5,011 |
| Australia | 1,153 | 1:23,413 | 3,217 |
| Canada | 829 | 1:44,446 | 5,478 |
| Germany | 719 | 1:111,969 | 13,789 |
| Norway | 545 | 1:9,435 | 1,006 |
| Colombia | 305 | 1:156,636 | 4,434 |
| Austria | 266 | 1:32,013 | 5,150 |
| New Zealand | 141 | 1:32,116 | 5,589 |
| Brazil | 127 | 1:1,685,625 | 55,239 |
| Netherlands | 95 | 1:177,760 | 25,545 |
| Czechia | 76 | 1:139,914 | 21,949 |
| Wales | 34 | 1:91,016 | 7,411 |
| Sweden | 30 | 1:328,225 | 22,987 |
| Switzerland | 29 | 1:283,204 | 22,806 |
| Thailand | 25 | 1:2,825,534 | 284,782 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Scotland | 17 | 1:314,930 | 14,413 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Slovakia | 15 | 1:355,763 | 48,124 |
| Venezuela | 15 | 1:2,013,605 | 24,362 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Hungary | 10 | 1:981,628 | 46,877 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 796 | 1:30,622 | 4,085 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:392,104 | 12,338 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,261 | 1:39,824 | 4,683 |
The alternate forms: Tíller (1) are calculated separately.
Tiller (169) may also be a first name.
Tiller Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the tiller,' a tiller of the soil. With Tillyer, compare Sawyer for Sawer, or lawyer for lower.
1769. Married — John Tillier and Ann Pickernell: St. George, Hanover Square.
1780. — Thomas Roberts and Eleanor Tiller: ibid.
(English) 1 Husbandman [from Old English tilia, land-cultivator, labourer; with later English agential suff. -er, or Anglo-French -ier] The stalke, the greyne, and floures alle, That to the tiller is fordone [destroyed].— Chaucer, Rom. of the Rose, 4338-9.
2 Good Army [Anglo-Saxon Tilhere-til, good, liberal + here, army] Tilhere was a famous 8th-cent. bishop of Worcester.
The Mod. French tilleur, a ‘stripper’, ‘hemp-scutcher’, has prob. had no sur- nominal influence in this country.
Tiller Demographics
Average Male Tiller Height
176.82 cm
Average Female Tiller Height
163.32 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Tiller Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tiller Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tiller (Russian: Тиллер) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Tíller. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tiller? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tiller is the 32,879th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 451,046 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 68 percent of Tiller live; 65 percent live in North America and 65 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 703,581st most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 169 people.
The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 10,126 people, or 1 in 35,795. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Texas, where 11 percent reside, Virginia, where 10 percent reside and Georgia, where 9 percent reside. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 56 countries. It is also common in England, where 9 percent reside and Australia, where 7 percent reside.
Tiller Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Tiller has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tiller surname expanded 803 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 182 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 850 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Tiller Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Tiller last name are 18.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.14% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Tiller earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 8.55% less than the national average, earning 316,486 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 5.59% more than the national average, earning R 250,920 per year; in Colombia they earn 38.62% less than the national average, earning $13,934,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.64% less than the national average, earning $42,440 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.71% more than the national average, earning $50,532 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tiller Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tiller in the Russian language | ||
| Тиллер | tiller | - |
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Tiller Reference & Research
Tillyer FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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