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 surname Titmas occurs most in The United States. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Titmas? popularity and diffusion

Titmas is the 870,423rd most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 23,432,624 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Titmas live; 71 percent live in North America and 71 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 219 people, or 1 in 1,655,064. In The United States it is most frequent in: New Jersey, where 29 percent are found, Ohio, where 16 percent are found and California, where 9 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 23 percent are found and South Africa, where 5 percent are found.

Titmas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Titmas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Titmas last name grew 7,300 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 36 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Titmas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Titmas last name are 18.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65% 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.

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Timeas833/
Tiomas833/
Timass832/
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Timmash772/
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Timad7314/
Timax737/
Timaj737/
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Timaz735/
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Titmouse7110/
Thimmash711/
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Taimai6735/
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Taymas6729/
Taimay6728/
Thimai6724/
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Tymash6717/
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Tehmas6712/
Taaima6712/
Tihmaz6711/
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Taimos679/
Tihmad679/
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Timmay676/
Tiemai676/
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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/
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Taimea671/
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Thihma671/
Tiomea671/
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Tieyma671/
Tiemau671/
Timaut671/
Thimea671/
Toimay671/
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Thimaz671/
Thimha671/
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