Tinsley Surname

21,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25,962 people bear this surname

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

Tinsley 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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Tinsley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States20,1231:18,0122,282
England4,4271:12,5861,859
Australia3441:78,4769,152
Canada3001:122,81912,877
Northern Ireland1601:11,5311,740
Wales1321:23,4432,472
New Zealand1171:38,7046,577
Scotland891:60,1554,924
Ireland881:53,5113,767
South Africa381:1,425,72975,291
France341:1,953,609166,012
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Chile91:1,957,38629,026
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Belize11:355,4743,977
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Guam11:160,1214,893
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malta11:430,2723,380
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Jersey11:99,2026,620
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1611:27,5152,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,7831:13,6712,051
Wales341:46,1302,397
Scotland231:162,7496,621
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,6931:13,5981,744

Tinsley (390) may also be a first name.

Tinsley 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

(English) One who came from Tinsley (Tynne's hill), in Yorkshire.

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

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

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Yorkshire.

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

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

Tinsley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tinsley is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tinsley? popularity and diffusion

Tinsley is the 21,010th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 280,700 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 79 percent of Tinsley reside; 79 percent reside in North America and 79 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Tinsley is also the 438,463rd most widespread given name at a global level, borne by 390 people.

It is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 20,123 people, or 1 in 18,012. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 10 percent are found, Virginia, where 7 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Other than The United States it is found in 49 countries. It is also found in England, where 17 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Tinsley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tinsley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tinsley last name increased 545 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 248 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 388 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 387 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 45 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Tinsley Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Anglican (42%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Tinsley surname are 19.41% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.18% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Tinsley earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 12.91% less than the national average, earning R 206,952 per year; in United States they earn 6.42% less than the national average, earning $40,378 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.07% less than the national average, earning $48,653 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tindsley9376/
Tinsleys933/
Thinsley932/
Tinnsley932/
Tinslley931/
Tinsleuy931/
Tinsleyh930/
Tinsleiy930/
Tinsly9235/
Tinsle926/
Tensley86499/
Tinsler86113/
Tinslay8684/
Timsley8610/
Tinzley867/
Tynsley863/
Tinsluy863/
Tincley862/
Thinsly861/
Tinsloy861/
Tinslet861/
Tinsliy860/
Tinslie860/
Tinsles860/
Tenzsley801/
Tyndsley801/
Thensley800/
Tennsley800/
Thinsler800/
Tinzly7710/
Tensly778/
Tincle771/
Tinzle770/
Tynsly770/
Tingilley751/
Tensler712/
Temsley712/
Tänsler711/
Tinclle711/
Tenslay711/
Tnselle711/
Tenshler6716/
Tinsella671/

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