Tinslay Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Tinslay Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Tinsley,' a chapelry in the parish of Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire.

Lecia de Tyneslawe, 1372: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1648. Married — William Scriven and Amye Tinsly: St.

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Tinslay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England331:1,688,42669,999
Canada301:1,228,18688,140
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770

Tinslay Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Tinsley,' a chapelry in the parish of Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire.

Lecia de Tyneslawe, 1372: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1648. Married — William Scriven and Amye Tinsly: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1675. — Edward Burton and Mary Tinsley: ibid.

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

Local, from Tinsley in the parish of Rotherham, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Of recent introduction into Scotland.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) belonging to Tinsley (Yorks), 14th cent. Tyneslawe, Domesday Tineslawe [Old English hlœw, a hill, tumulus: the pers. name is evid. that seen in Tyneberht, the name of a 9th-cent. bishop of Lichfield, which again is a variant of the fairly-common Anglo-Saxon pers. name Tun- be(o)rht = World Bright or Glorious; the first element being the Old English tún, a farm, estate, but in the abstract denoting the world; and the pers. element (in the genit.) in the Yorks place-name may be a shortened form of Tyneberht]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A chapelry in the parish of Rotherham, co. York.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Probably both the Lancashire and the Lincolnshire Tinsleys derive their name from a township in the West Riding.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Tinslay Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tinslay is found in England more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Tinslay click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tinslay? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,047,559th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 45 percent of Tinslay are found; 45 percent are found in North America and 39 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname Tinslay is most commonly occurring in England, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 1,688,426. In England Tinslay is primarily concentrated in: Greater London, where 33 percent reside, Berkshire, where 21 percent reside and Surrey, where 18 percent reside. Other than England it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 36 percent reside and Australia, where 15 percent reside.

Tinslay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Tinslay has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Tinslay surname rose 367 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tinslay Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Tinslay last name is predominantly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

The amount Tinslay earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 158.12% more than the national average, earning $111,375 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.73% more than the national average, earning $55,015 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tinsly9235/
Tinsley8625,962/
Tinsluy863/
Thinsly861/
Tinsloy861/
Tenslay861/
Tinsliy860/
Tindsley8076/
Tinsleys803/
Thinsley802/
Tinnsley802/
Tinslley801/
Tinsleuy801/
Tinsella801/
Tinsleyh800/
Tinsleiy800/
Tinzly7710/
Tensly778/
Tinsle776/
Tynsly770/
Tensley71499/
Tinsler71113/
Tenclay7161/
Timsley7110/
Tinzley717/
Tynsley713/
Tincley712/
Tinslet711/
Tinsles710/
Tinslie710/
Tingella676/
Tenzsley671/
Tyndsley671/
Thensley670/
Tennsley670/
Thinsler670/

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