Titchener Surname

331,287th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Titchener Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. Mr. Lower, quoting Mr. Ferguson, says, 'Dutch teekenaar, a drawer or designer' (Patronymica Britannica). This seems the more probable as the surname is modern in England, and may be the result of immigration.

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Titchener Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7011:79,4848,879
United States1771:2,047,791130,814
New Zealand1091:41,5446,955
Australia541:499,92037,885
Canada381:969,62173,252
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Wales121:257,87814,969
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3281:74,3158,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Titchener Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. Mr. Lower, quoting Mr. Ferguson, says, 'Dutch teekenaar, a drawer or designer' (Patronymica Britannica). This seems the more probable as the surname is modern in England, and may be the result of immigration.

1575. Henry Tyeknor and Agnes Anderson, widow: Marriage Lic. (London).

1630. Baptised-Michaell, s. Lawrence Ticknor: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1649.-Thomas, s. Thomas Tiekner, grocer: ibid.

1771. Married-Benjamin Tickner and Ann Coles: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) may be apocopated forms of ‘Titchen-Herd’, i.e. Kid-Herd [v. Titchen]; but the analogy of Buller and Calver seems to show that the second element is really the agential suff. -er; and in any case the meaning is the same.

Lower, 'Eng. Surn.', ii. 43, says: “A village in western Sussex bears the name Itchenor. In the same district resides a family surnamed Titchenor.” This is perhaps worth mentioning, Lower’s idea being that ‘Titchenor’ “is probably a corruption of ‘De Itchenor.’” If he had suggested that the T- of 'Titchenor’ had been “attracted’’ from the preposition ‘at’ it would have been more to the point; but neither case is probable.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

TICHENOR: Local. Probably a corruption of At Itchenor, 'T Itchenor, from the river Itchen; the name of a village in Sussex, England.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Titchener Last Name Facts

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

The last name Titchener is found most frequently in England. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Titchener.

How Common Is The Last Name Titchener? popularity and diffusion

It is the 331,287th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,524,213 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Titchener live; 64 percent live in Northern Europe and 64 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most prevalent in England, where it is carried by 701 people, or 1 in 79,484. In England it is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 14 percent reside, Berkshire, where 9 percent reside and Oxfordshire, where 8 percent reside. Apart from England this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent reside and New Zealand, where 10 percent reside.

Titchener Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Titchener has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 214 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 1,967 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Titchener Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Titchener surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Titchener surname are 4.45% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.22% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Titchener earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 88.55% less than the national average, earning R 27,216 per year; in United States they earn 23.56% more than the national average, earning $53,316 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.68% more than the national average, earning $51,512 CAD per year.

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