Tillman Surname

13,712th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40,705 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

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.

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Tillman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States38,3281:9,4571,149
Sweden7561:13,0251,124
England5611:99,31910,501
Australia1811:149,14815,854
Israel1341:63,8638,018
Finland1121:49,0785,958
Canada961:383,80834,152
Dominican Republic691:151,2025,897
South Africa471:1,152,71766,933
New Zealand461:98,44213,260
Hungary341:288,71422,080
Scotland311:172,7049,690
Wales291:106,7088,358
Netherlands251:675,48754,943
Switzerland251:328,51725,592
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
Qatar221:107,18211,536
France191:3,495,933219,029
Norway171:302,48730,120
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Jamaica111:260,9046,695
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Belize71:50,7822,565
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Barbados11:287,4482,772
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Macau11:601,6301,582
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3001:81,2518,700
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,0081:12,5301,622

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.

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

(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.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who was employed in tilling the soil; the brave man.

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

A husbandman. "Because there were so fewe fylmen, the erde lay untilled." Capgrave's Chron. sub A.D. 1849.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Tillman Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tillman (Arabic: تيلمان, Russian: Тиллман) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tillman? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tillman is the 13,712th most commonly used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 179,033 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Tillman live; 94 percent live in North America and 94 percent live in Anglo-North America. Tillman is also the 155,830th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 2,290 people.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 38,328 people, or 1 in 9,457. In The United States it is most frequent in: Florida, where 8 percent are found, Texas, where 8 percent are found and Georgia, where 8 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 62 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Tillman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tillman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tillman last name expanded 956 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 187 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 443 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 500 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Tillman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Tillman surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Tillman last name 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tillmann9313,564/
Thillman93131/
Tillmank933/
Tillmant932/
Tiellman932/
Tillmamn932/
Dtillman931/
Tillmane931/
Tilllman930/
Tillhman930/
Tilman9216,650/
Tllman921/
Thillmann88357/
Thiellman881/
Tilmant861,792/
Tillmon861,155/
Tellman86727/
Tielman86540/
Tilmann86443/
Thilman86374/
Tyllman8647/
Tihlman8619/
Tillmam8615/
Tilmane866/
Tilmand865/
Tilhman863/
Tilmang861/
Tijlman861/
Tällman861/
Tilmman861/
Tlman831/
Tillmanová825/
Tillmanova821/
Thielman802,136/
Tellmann801,185/
Tüllmann80676/
Tielmann80513/
Thellman80207/
Thilmann80103/
Thilmant8085/
Tilmanne8044/
Tillmond8020/
Thyllman809/
Tyllmann805/
Tilmatin801/
Thilmand801/
Taellman801/
Tuilmain801/
Tuellman800/
Tillmont800/
Tillmannová787/
Telman772,032/
Tylman771,472/
Tilmon77636/
Tilmam772/
Tllmon771/
Thlman770/
Thielmann754,936/
Thellmann75789/
Tuellmann7519/
Tilmanová758/
Thillmond751/
Tiehlmann751/
Taelman711,541/
Tilmont71636/
Telmann71101/
Thelman7180/
Tylmann7146/
Tel'man7110/
Telmane716/
Toelman712/
Teelman712/
Tlemann711/
Thilmon711/
Thleman711/
Tülmann711/
Tillmom711/
Tilmond710/
Tehlman710/
Thylmann6747/
Thölmann6720/
Tehelman6716/
Teelmann6714/
Thälmann6712/
Thelmann679/
Taelmann673/
Thielmon670/
Toelmann670/
Thelmane670/
Gytelman670/

Tillman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tillman in the Russian language
Тиллманtillman-
Tillman in the Arabic language
تيلمانtylman-
تيلمنtylmn-

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