Tipton Surname

15,589th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35,756 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Turks and Caicos Islands

Tipton Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Tipton,' a parish in Staffordshire, near Dudley. The family bearing this name seems to have settled somewhat early in the neighbouring county of Salop.

1585-6. John Typton, or Tipton, Salop: Register of the University of Oxford.

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Tipton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States33,4161:10,8471,331
England1,6581:33,6064,442
Canada2611:141,17114,531
Australia1311:206,07420,044
Wales591:52,4504,823
Philippines341:2,977,595140,497
Scotland341:157,4659,168
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
Colombia161:2,985,88014,490
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Iceland91:42,2322,922
Turks and Caicos Islands81:4,291379
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
France21:33,211,361423,184
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Belize11:355,4743,977
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7121:34,2354,488
Wales141:112,0304,740
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,4341:11,3261,473

Tipton (372) may also be a first name.

Tipton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Tipton,' a parish in Staffordshire, near Dudley. The family bearing this name seems to have settled somewhat early in the neighbouring county of Salop.

1585-6. John Typton, or Tipton, Salop: Register of the University of Oxford.

1616. Edmund Tipton, Salop: ibid.

1808. Married — Thomas Copland and Margaret Tipton: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) belonging to Tipton or Tibbington (Staffs), 13th cent. Tibinton, Domesday Tibintone, Anglo-Saxon *Tibinga-tún = the Estate of the Tiba Family [the Anglo-Saxon pers. Tiba or Tibba is a pet contraction of a name whose first element is Tid- or Theod-, etc., with a second element beginning with b-, as -b(e)ald or -be(o)rht + -inga, genit. pl. of the son suff. -ing + tún, farm, manor, etc.] There is also a small chapelry called Tipton in Devonshire.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Tipton (Tibba’s homestead), in Staffordshire.

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

A parish in Staffordshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Tipton is the name of a Staffordshire town.

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

Tipton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tipton (Russian: Типтон) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tipton? popularity and diffusion

Tipton is the 15,589th most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 203,813 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Tipton are found; 89 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 450,135th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 372 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 33,416 people, or 1 in 10,847. In The United States Tipton is most prevalent in: Tennessee, where 12 percent live, Texas, where 11 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Barring The United States it exists in 56 countries. It is also found in England, where 5 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Tipton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tipton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tipton last name expanded 754 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 233 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 421 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tipton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Tipton last name is chiefly Congregationalist (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Tipton surname are 20.47% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.24% registered with the party.

The amount Tipton earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 92.47% more than the national average, earning R 457,392 per year; in Colombia they earn 39.68% less than the national average, earning $13,695,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 8.16% less than the national average, earning $39,628 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.77% more than the national average, earning $51,557 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tiptong9278/
Titpton922/
Thipton921/
Tiptonq921/
Tiptone921/
Tippton921/
Tiptton920/
Thipthon86155/
Tipthong8672/
Thiptong868/
Tiptan8322/
Tiptom8311/
Tepton834/
Tupton833/
Tibton832/
Tiptun831/
Typton830/
Thiptan77180/
Teptong77110/
Tibtong7717/
Thepton771/
Tuptoon771/
Tepthong71129/
Theptong7171/
Thipthan7137/
Thepthon713/
Thipthosing712/
Taibtoon711/
Tibthong711/
Thibtong711/
Teapthong678/
Thibthong675/
Teepthong671/
Teibthoon671/
Teptun671/
Tubton671/
Tiptam671/
Teptan671/

Tipton Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tipton in the Russian language
Типтонtipton-

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Tipton Reference & Research

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