Tillet Surname
Approximately 1,935 people bear this surname
Tillet Surname Definition:
(Anglo-French-Latin) Dweller at a Lime- Tree Grove [French Tillet, from Latin tiliet-um-tilia, a linden- or lime-tree, with the plantation-suff. -et-um] Marquis du Tillet.—Paris Direct.
The form of the place-name in the Meuse, Vosges, etc.
Read More About This SurnameTillet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 1,656 | 1:40,110 | 5,016 |
| United States | 145 | 1:2,499,717 | 152,655 |
| Argentina | 56 | 1:763,275 | 51,263 |
| Mexico | 16 | 1:7,757,888 | 35,569 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Belize | 6 | 1:59,246 | 2,743 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1:227,329 | 10,175 |
| Nicaragua | 5 | 1:1,204,218 | 5,298 |
| Honduras | 5 | 1:1,763,288 | 5,823 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Cuba | 3 | 1:3,840,905 | 13,116 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 107 | 1:227,807 | 17,201 |
| Wales | 12 | 1:130,701 | 5,289 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 143 | 1:351,180 | 26,857 |
Tillet (25) may also be a first name.
Tillet Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Anglo-French-Latin) Dweller at a Lime- Tree Grove [French Tillet, from Latin tiliet-um-tilia, a linden- or lime-tree, with the plantation-suff. -et-um] Marquis du Tillet.—Paris Direct.
The form of the place-name in the Meuse, Vosges, etc., Departments is (le)Thillot.
Cp. Tilly.
(Anglo-French-Teut.) 1 from the Continental-Teut. cognate of Old English til, ‘good’ (v. under Till1), with the French diminutive suff. -et.
2 from a pet form of Matilda (v. under Malkin), with the French diminutive suff. -et.
User-submitted Reference
This surname comes from the word tilleul, meaning 'lime-tree' in French. It designates 'one who comes from a lieu-dit', a very specific small place, usually in the country side, which name comes from an historical or topographical particularity.
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Tillet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tillet Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tillet occurs most in France. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tillet? popularity and diffusion
Tillet is the 212,798th most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,766,174 people. The surname Tillet occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Tillet are found; 86 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 25 people.
It is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 1,656 people, or 1 in 40,110. In France Tillet is most prevalent in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 28 percent live, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 17 percent live and Île-de-France, where 13 percent live. Other than France this last name exists in 24 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent live and Argentina, where 3 percent live.
Tillet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Tillet has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 101 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 90 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Tillet Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Tillet surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered with the party.
Tillet earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.34% less than the national average, earning $36,529 USD per year.
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