Tillman Surname
Approximately 40,705 people bear this surname
Tillman Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the tileman,' i.e. the tiler, one who covered roofs with tiles; v. Tyler. The tendency would be to the modern spelling and pronunciation, (a) Occup. 'the tillman,' i.e. a husbandman. 'Because there were so fewe tylmen, the erde (earth) lay untitled': Capgrave's Chron.
Read More About This SurnameTillman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 38,328 | 1:9,457 | 1,149 |
| Sweden | 756 | 1:13,025 | 1,124 |
| England | 561 | 1:99,319 | 10,501 |
| Australia | 181 | 1:149,148 | 15,854 |
| Israel | 134 | 1:63,863 | 8,018 |
| Finland | 112 | 1:49,078 | 5,958 |
| Canada | 96 | 1:383,808 | 34,152 |
| Dominican Republic | 69 | 1:151,202 | 5,897 |
| South Africa | 47 | 1:1,152,717 | 66,933 |
| New Zealand | 46 | 1:98,442 | 13,260 |
| Hungary | 34 | 1:288,714 | 22,080 |
| Scotland | 31 | 1:172,704 | 9,690 |
| Wales | 29 | 1:106,708 | 8,358 |
| Netherlands | 25 | 1:675,487 | 54,943 |
| Switzerland | 25 | 1:328,517 | 25,592 |
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Norway | 17 | 1:302,487 | 30,120 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Jamaica | 11 | 1:260,904 | 6,695 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Belize | 7 | 1:50,782 | 2,565 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 300 | 1:81,251 | 8,700 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,008 | 1:12,530 | 1,622 |
Tillman (2,290) may also be a first name.
Tillman Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the tileman,' i.e. the tiler, one who covered roofs with tiles; v. Tyler. The tendency would be to the modern spelling and pronunciation, (a) Occup. 'the tillman,' i.e. a husbandman. 'Because there were so fewe tylmen, the erde (earth) lay untitled': Capgrave's Chron. sub. A.D. 1349. (Lower's Patronymic Britannia)
Geoffrey Tileman, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Walter Tileman. Munimenta Gildhallæ Londoniensis.
1572. Isaac Tylman, Magdalen Hall: Register of the University of Oxford.
1661. Buried -A child of Mr. Tilman's, the chirurgion: St. Dionis Backchurch.
(English) 1 Ploughman, Husband-man [from Old English tilian, to till + man(n, mon(n] 2 Good Man [Anglo-Saxon Til(l)man, Til(l)- mon-til, good, liberal] Tilmon was the name of one of the English priests who accompanied the ill- fated Hewalds in their mission to the Continental Saxons a.d. 690, as related by Bæda, 'Hist. Eccl.’, v. 10.
(English) One who was employed in tilling the soil; the brave man.
A husbandman. "Because there were so fewe fylmen, the erde lay untilled." Capgrave's Chron. sub A.D. 1849.
Tillman Demographics
Average Tillman Salary in
United States
$39,001 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tillman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tillman Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tillman (Arabic: تيلمان, Russian: Тиллман) is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tillman? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 13,712th most prevalent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 179,033 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Tillman reside; 94 percent reside in North America and 94 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 155,830th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 2,290 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 38,328 people, or 1 in 9,457. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Florida, where 8 percent live, Texas, where 8 percent live and Georgia, where 8 percent live. Beside The United States it exists in 62 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Tillman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Tillman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Tillman surname grew 956 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 187 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 443 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 500 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Tillman Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Tillman surname are 35.66% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 88.89% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Tillman earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 183.23% more than the national average, earning 980,213 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 93.82% more than the national average, earning R 460,596 per year; in United States they earn 9.61% less than the national average, earning $39,001 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.69% more than the national average, earning $53,005 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tillman Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tillman in the Russian language | ||
| Тиллман | tillman | - |
| Tillman in the Arabic language | ||
| تيلمان | tylman | - |
| تيلمن | tylmn | - |
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