Titmuss Surname

487,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 681 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Titmuss 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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Titmuss Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4261:130,79412,949
South Africa1181:459,13338,484
Australia511:529,32739,816
United States301:12,081,964463,456
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Scotland121:446,15118,166
New Zealand111:411,66631,040
Wales71:442,07621,198
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2061:118,32711,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Titmuss 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

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

Titmuss Last Name Facts

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

The surname Titmuss occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Titmuss.

How Common Is The Last Name Titmuss? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 487,389th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 10,701,242 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 66 percent of Titmuss live; 66 percent live in Northern Europe and 65 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 426 people, or 1 in 130,794. In England Titmuss is mostly found in: Hertfordshire, where 14 percent are found, Greater London, where 13 percent are found and Northamptonshire, where 11 percent are found. Aside from England Titmuss exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 17 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.

Titmuss Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Titmuss has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Titmuss last name grew 207 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Titmuss Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States those holding the Titmuss last name are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.43% being registered with the political party.

The amount Titmuss earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 70.26% more than the national average, earning R 404,592 per year; in United States they earn 9.67% more than the national average, earning $47,323 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.36% less than the national average, earning $46,524 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Titmus921,262/
Timuss9218/
Titmusd864/
Titmous861/
Tittmus860/
Timus831,214/
Titmouse8010/
Timush77458/
Timeus77342/
Tutmus77173/
Thimus7741/
Timaus7730/
Taimus7718/
Tismus7714/
Tiemus774/
Timmus773/
Tetmus771/
Timu733,829/
Thimeus716/
Timmous714/
Taimussova712/
Tismeus711/
Timutse711/
Thimaus711/
Taimu672,105/
Timos67547/
Tymus67390/
Timau67331/
Temus67223/
Ttimu67146/
Timou67145/
Timuș67104/
Timeu6774/
Timut6760/
Timuş6723/
Thimu6712/
Timmu679/
Tiemu679/
Timui677/
Timuu674/
Timud672/
Timuț672/
Tuimu672/
Toimu672/
Týmus672/
Timhu671/
Timusová671/
Titmouth670/

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