Titmas Surname

870,423rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 311 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Titmas Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the titmouse.' Not to be confounded with Titchmarsh, which see. 'Tytemose, bryd, frottdator': Promptorium Parvulorum 'The mouse a tittimouse was no doubt' (Halliwell).

1651. Married — William Titimouse and Anne Pertus, of Ingerston, Essex: Reg.

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Titmas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2191:1,655,064110,387
England711:784,76142,668
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1111:219,59816,839
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Titmas Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the titmouse.' Not to be confounded with Titchmarsh, which see. 'Tytemose, bryd, frottdator': Promptorium Parvulorum 'The mouse a tittimouse was no doubt' (Halliwell).

1651. Married — William Titimouse and Anne Pertus, of Ingerston, Essex: Reg. St. Peter, Cornhill.

In a list of recusants, 1580, presented by the Vicar of Kirkham, Lancashire, appears:

'Also Diev. Tytmouse, conversant in the company of two widows, viz. mistress Alice Clyfton and mistress Jane Clyfton': Croston s edit, of Baines' Lancashire.

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

(English) a nickname from the Titmouse [Middle English tytmose, titmose-tit, small (cp. Old Norse titt-r, a tit) + mose, Old English máse, a small bird]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Tidmarsh; a location name in Oxfordshire.

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

Titmas is an ancient name in this part of England. It occurs as Tittmus in the adjacent county of Hertfordshire. Tytemers, a name found in the adjoining county of Cambridgeshire in the 13th century (H. R.), is evidently the early form of Titmas or Tittmus.

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

Tittmuss: Tittmuss is an old name in Stevenage and Ippolitts (Cus.). It is represented by Titmas in the adjoining county of Bedford, and as Tytemers it occurred in Cambridgeshire in the 13th century (H. R.).

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

Titmas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Titmas is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Titmas? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 870,423rd most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 23,432,624 people. The last name Titmas is mostly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Titmas reside; 71 percent reside in North America and 71 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Titmas is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 219 people, or 1 in 1,655,064. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New Jersey, where 29 percent live, Ohio, where 16 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Excluding The United States Titmas exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 23 percent live and South Africa, where 5 percent live.

Titmas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Titmas has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 7,300 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 36 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Titmas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Titmas surname are 18.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Titmas earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 47.54% more than the national average, earning R 350,616 per year and in United States they earn 15.16% more than the national average, earning $49,692 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Tittmas920/
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Titma91189/
Thimas83142/
Timase83115/
Timmas8355/
Timgas8353/
Taimas8346/
Timaus8330/
Timash8313/
Timeas833/
Tiomas833/
Timass832/
Tiemas832/
Tietma831/
Toimas831/
Tismas831/
Timais831/
Teimas831/
Timads831/
Tetmas830/
Tima8054,712/
Timasse7778/
Thitmai7743/
Thaimas7726/
Thoimas7711/
Thimash777/
Timmash772/
Thimmas772/
Titmous771/
Taimash771/
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Taismas771/
Thimaus771/
Thismas771/
Thimats771/
Taima7316,172/
Thima733,079/
Timah732,574/
Tiema731,755/
Timma731,578/
Teima731,517/
Timai73660/
Timos73547/
Tisma73489/
Tioma73431/
Timau73331/
Toima73209/
Timga73203/
Temas73185/
Timaş73184/
Timat7383/
Timay7377/
Timaç7371/
Timea7361/
Tuima7347/
Timaa7346/
Ttima7340/
Tymas7329/
Tihma7320/
Timad7314/
Timax737/
Timaj737/
Timoa736/
Timaz735/
Tămas734/
Timap733/
Titmo732/
Timás731/
Ttema731/
Dtima731/
Timasova7191/
Titmouse7110/
Thimmash711/
Timashova671,272/
Tutmaz67813/
Taimah67505/
Thiema67430/
Timeus67342/
Themas67325/
Thimma67315/
Thaima67283/
Taisma67246/
Toimah67177/
Timosh67115/
Timaaj6781/
Thimos6776/
Timgai6760/
Teimai6753/
Timmah6752/
Tiemah6742/
Tuimai6740/
Taimasova6739/
Temase6738/
Temmas6738/
Taimai6735/
Tutmaç6734/
Taymas6729/
Taimay6728/
Thimai6724/
Timmap6724/
Thisma6719/
Tymash6717/
Timmai6717/
Tehmas6712/
Taaima6712/
Tihmaz6711/
Toimai6711/
Teisma6710/
Taimos679/
Tihmad679/
Timaha679/
Timeis679/
Teijma679/
Timaai678/
Timots677/
Timmaz677/
Timmay676/
Tiemai676/
Thimaj676/
Timmat675/
Timmos675/
Taimaz675/
Theima674/
Timose674/
Ttemma674/
Timmaa674/
Tiomai674/
Thimay674/
Ttiema674/
Taimad674/
Ttimma673/
Tiemma673/
Tiemaa673/
Timaah673/
Timaap673/
Thimah673/
Temass672/
Toisma672/
Teimah672/
Taimap672/
Taimat672/
Temash671/
Thimaa671/
Tihmma671/
Timach671/
Tyomas671/
Teetma671/
Temasz671/
Taimax671/
Taimea671/
Teamas671/
Tismat671/
Thihma671/
Tiomea671/
Tiomos671/
Tieyma671/
Tiemau671/
Timaut671/
Thimea671/
Toimay671/
Teimat671/
Tim'ah671/
Timoos671/
Tuisma671/
Thtima671/
Thimaz671/
Thimha671/
Thymas670/
Teumas670/

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