Tilley Surname
Approximately 37,421 people bear this surname
Tilley Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'from Tilly,' a village in 'the department of Calvados in Normandy, 'as described by Lower. He adds, 'There is a second place so called in the department of Eure.'
Phillipa de Tylly, or Tilli, 33 Henry III: Calendarium Genealogicum: Henry III-Edward I.
Read More About This SurnameTilley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20,816 | 1:17,413 | 2,204 |
| England | 8,044 | 1:6,927 | 1,008 |
| Australia | 3,839 | 1:7,032 | 1,036 |
| Canada | 2,506 | 1:14,703 | 2,156 |
| Wales | 451 | 1:6,861 | 767 |
| South Africa | 367 | 1:147,623 | 16,807 |
| Belgium | 234 | 1:49,131 | 7,995 |
| New Zealand | 225 | 1:20,126 | 3,537 |
| Fiji | 126 | 1:7,098 | 1,425 |
| Scotland | 123 | 1:43,527 | 3,964 |
| Nigeria | 89 | 1:1,990,368 | 70,088 |
| Thailand | 88 | 1:802,708 | 129,613 |
| Norway | 54 | 1:95,228 | 13,033 |
| Zimbabwe | 50 | 1:308,765 | 30,783 |
| Panama | 44 | 1:88,915 | 3,543 |
| Northern Ireland | 43 | 1:42,908 | 3,866 |
| Ireland | 38 | 1:123,919 | 6,102 |
| Spain | 34 | 1:1,375,060 | 44,096 |
| Cyprus | 27 | 1:32,773 | 3,506 |
| Netherlands | 25 | 1:675,487 | 54,943 |
| Peru | 22 | 1:1,444,733 | 22,095 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Jamaica | 13 | 1:220,765 | 6,223 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Turkey | 6 | 1:12,970,237 | 144,247 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Faroe Islands | 2 | 1:24,499 | 1,578 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 33 | 1:134,238 | 7,606 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,831 | 1:6,363 | 981 |
| Wales | 110 | 1:14,258 | 848 |
| Scotland | 20 | 1:187,161 | 7,190 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,120 | 1:23,688 | 2,952 |
Tilley (186) may also be a first name.
Tilley Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'from Tilly,' a village in 'the department of Calvados in Normandy, 'as described by Lower. He adds, 'There is a second place so called in the department of Eure.'
Phillipa de Tylly, or Tilli, 33 Henry III: Calendarium Genealogicum: Henry III-Edward I.
Ralph de Tilly, 14 Edward I: ibid.
The latter had property in Normandy.
John Tylye, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Philip de Tylly, Dorset, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Henry de Tilli, Devon, ibid.
Johannes Tilly, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
(2) Bapt. A pet form of Matilda; v. Till, Tilson, and Tillotson. This second probable origin will help to explain the large number of Tilleys and Tillys in our directories.
1756. Married — John Shipman and Mary Tillie: St. George, Hanover Square.
1761. — Thomas Tilley and Susanna Turnedge: ibid.
1774. — Henry Tilly and Susanna Whittington: ibid.
= Tilly, q.v.
(English) One who came from Tilley (branch or bough), in Shropshire; one who came from Tilly (lime tree), the name of two places in France.
1. Tilly is a town or village in the department of Calvados in Normandy; and there is a second place so called in the department of Eure. Tilly, Tille. Hund. Rolls. 2. A ' nurse-name ' of William.
A location name in Somerset.
The Tilleys or Tillys have been established in the county ever since the reign of Richard I. From the 12th to the 15th century the Tyllys or Tillys of Harptree owned the manor of West Harptree, and in the reign of Henry VI. they owned also the manor of Salty or Salthay (C.). In 1588, George Tilly of Pointingdon, gent., contributed £25 to the national fund for the defence of the country at the time of the expected invasion of the Spanish Armada (Sp.). Tilly was the name of a family of Bristol merchants at the close of the 17th century (B.). At present the Tilleys are most numerous in the Bridgewater district. Since Tylly was an ancient form of the name, it is probable that the Tyleys of Somerset hail from the same stock. Harptree Tilly is an ancient Somerset tithing: Tilly is also the name of a town in Normandy. The name has also long been represented in Cornwall, where it may have had an independent origin. James Tilly or Tillie of Pentilly or Pentillie was high sheriff of Cornwall in 1734 (Polwhele's "Cornwall"), and the name still occurs in Falmouth and its vicinity.
Tilley Demographics
Tilley Religious Adherence
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Tilley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tilley Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tilley is most common in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tilley? popularity and diffusion
Tilley is the 14,888th most numerous family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 194,745 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Tilley are found; 59 percent are found in North America and 59 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 667,122nd most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 186 people.
The surname Tilley is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 20,816 people, or 1 in 17,413. In The United States it is most common in: North Carolina, where 17 percent reside, Texas, where 9 percent reside and Tennessee, where 4 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname exists in 72 countries. It also occurs in England, where 21 percent reside and Australia, where 10 percent reside.
Tilley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Tilley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tilley last name grew 982 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 210 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 410 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 615 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 115 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Tilley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (45%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Tilley last name are 15.31% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.08% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Tilley earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 6.91% less than the national average, earning 322,172 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 85.61% more than the national average, earning R 441,072 per year; in United States they earn 5.66% less than the national average, earning $40,706 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.77% more than the national average, earning $52,053 CAD per year.
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