Tinkerton Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

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

Tinkerton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tinkerton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:24,163,929685,360
England21:27,859,030389,889

Tinkerton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tinkerton is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tinkerton? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tinkerton is the 4,772,636th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Tinkerton live; 88 percent live in North America and 88 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 24,163,929. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 33 percent reside, Tennessee, where 20 percent reside and Utah, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this last name exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 12 percent reside.

Tinkerton Last Name Statistics demography

Tinkerton earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 27.42% less than the national average, earning $31,319 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tankerton892/
Dinkerton891/
Dunkerton78549/
Dankerton780/
Tinkartini7418/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tinkerton
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