Timmings Surname

857,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 318 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Timmings Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Timothy.' I find few traces of this name in early records.

'John Timothy was, with a hundred other men, transported from Taunton, Somerset, to the West Indies, in 1685': Hotten's Lists of Emigrants.

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Timmings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada951:387,84834,448
England931:599,11935,891
Australia561:482,06636,890
United States421:8,629,975373,648
New Zealand291:156,14917,650
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1111:219,59816,839
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Timmings Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Timothy.' I find few traces of this name in early records.

'John Timothy was, with a hundred other men, transported from Taunton, Somerset, to the West Indies, in 1685': Hotten's Lists of Emigrants.

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

The baptismal name, whence the derivatives Timm, Tims, Timms, Timbs, Timmings, Timson, Timpson, Timpkins.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Timmings Last Name Facts

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

The last name Timmings is most common in Canada. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Timmings.

How Common Is The Last Name Timmings? popularity and diffusion

It is the 857,026th most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 22,916,811 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Timmings live; 43 percent live in North America and 42 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently held in Canada, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 387,848. In Canada Timmings is primarily found in: Ontario, where 94 percent live, British Columbia, where 2 percent live and Quebec, where 2 percent live. Outside of Canada this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 29 percent live and Australia, where 18 percent live.

Timmings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Timmings has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname fell 16 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 263 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Timmings Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Timmings last name are 15.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.5% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Timmings earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 24.92% more than the national average, earning $53,900 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.38% more than the national average, earning $57,323 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Timming93143/
Timings93119/
Tummings88400/
Thimming882/
Temmings881/
Timing86160/
Temming801,200/
Taiming8015/
Teiming8010/
Toiming801/
Tämming801/
Temmingh7543/
Tienming752/
Thämming751/
Teming7196/
Timeng714/
Thimng713/
Thimmeung711/
Thimmueng711/
Temmink671,252/
Temuing6721/
Tiemeng6714/
Temmeng6710/
Timinck676/
Timyong673/
Temminc672/
Timoeng671/
Tayming671/
Taimeng671/
Timuung671/
Teaming671/
Theming670/
Teeming670/

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