Tinker Surname

41,617th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,543 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Tinker Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the tinker.' All the early instances are South English; v. Tinkler for North English form. Travelling pedlars were so called because they made their approach known by tinking, i.e. ringing, or making a tinkling noise.

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Tinker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,5261:42,5125,216
England2,1331:26,1223,573
Canada4721:78,0638,764
Australia4021:67,1537,997
Bahamas2761:1,419248
South Africa1361:398,36535,171
New Zealand1221:37,1176,329
India991:7,748,135165,146
Jamaica911:31,5382,300
Wales641:48,3524,540
Panama271:144,8984,800
Zimbabwe261:593,77845,605
Scotland241:223,07611,507
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Russia211:6,863,003268,198
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
China61:227,886,92811,701
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
France41:16,605,680368,153
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,5101:16,1432,372
Wales61:261,4039,165
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7981:27,9303,427

Tinker (729) may also be a first name.

Tinker Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the tinker.' All the early instances are South English; v. Tinkler for North English form. Travelling pedlars were so called because they made their approach known by tinking, i.e. ringing, or making a tinkling noise. The mending of pots and pans does not seem to have been the particular pursuit of the mediaeval tinker. He was a general pedlar.

'No person, or persons commonly called Pedler, Tynker, or Pety Chapman, shall wander or go from one towne to another ... and sell pynnes, poyntes laces, gloves, knyves, glasses, tapes, or any suche kynde of wares whatsoever, or gather connye skynnes': 5 & 6 Edward VI, c. 21.

Thomas le Tyneker, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Angin' Tineker, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Peter le Teneker, Somerset, ibid.

Richard le Tinekere. Excerpta e Rotulis Finium in Turri Londinensi.

William le Tynekar, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

1574. Buried — John Tynker, of Adlyngton: Reg. Prestbury Ch., Cheshire.

1777. Married — John Tinker and Elizabeth Durrant: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) One who mended pots and kettles.

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

The occupation. Tincker H.R.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

TYNKER: The occupation. One William de Tyneker, however, occurs in H.R. in Huntingdonshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Dutch, Tinke, Tuinker; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Tinker Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tinker (Russian: Тинкер) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Tinker.

How Common Is The Last Name Tinker? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 41,617th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 581,005 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Tinker are found; 72 percent are found in North America and 71 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 305,398th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 729 people.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 8,526 people, or 1 in 42,512. In The United States Tinker is most numerous in: Missouri, where 8 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and Texas, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 49 countries. It also occurs in England, where 17 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.

Tinker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tinker has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tinker last name increased 474 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 141 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 1,067 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tinker Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Tinker are 14.34% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.11% registered with the party.

The amount Tinker earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 66.1% more than the national average, earning R 394,728 per year; in United States they earn 2.83% less than the national average, earning $41,927 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.39% more than the national average, earning $51,369 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tincker9221/
Thinker9216/
Tinkerd9210/
Tinkier926/
Tinkert923/
Tinnker921/
Tinketr921/
Tinkere921/
Tinkher920/
Tienker920/
Tingåker8627/
Thinkerd863/
Tinkeysr861/
Tinckert860/
Tiencker860/
Tenker832,986/
Tinkir831,208/
Tünker83148/
Tincer8335/
Tönker8312/
Tnkeer831/
Tinkerova801/
Thingkerd801/
Tincher774,104/
Tengker77576/
Tingkir77168/
Timkerd77141/
Thünker77115/
Tuenker7724/
Timåker7712/
Tenkere778/
Thinkre774/
Tenkert772/
Tenkier771/
Tinquer770/
Tinncher716/
Thuenker712/
Thngkerd711/
Thenkerd711/
Tenkir6713,207/
Tencer67523/
Tyncer672/
Tüncher6256/
Tencher6244/
Temgker6211/
Thincir621/
Temkere621/
Thüncher5762/

Tinker Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tinker in the Russian language
Тинкерtinker-

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