Tuckett Surname

158,650th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,752 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Tuckett Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Tuket' or Touchet, probably a diminutive of Tuke or Tuck, which see.

Nicholas Tochet, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Simon Tochet, Lincolnshire, ibid.

Thomas Touchet, Derbyshire, ibid.

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Tuckett Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9361:387,24234,088
Australia7321:36,8794,840
England5571:100,03210,574
Canada1741:211,75620,505
South Africa951:570,29244,274
Jamaica561:51,2492,953
Wales491:63,1545,613
Saint Kitts and Nevis431:1,284236
New Zealand331:137,22216,302
Bermuda171:3,840587
Trinidad and Tobago141:97,4276,588
Scotland121:446,15118,166
British Virgin Islands121:2,633313
Ecuador51:3,181,16927,617
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
France11:66,422,722504,397
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4701:51,8626,283
Wales81:196,0527,186
Jersey21:25,9413,069
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1211:415,03030,604

Tuckett Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Tuket' or Touchet, probably a diminutive of Tuke or Tuck, which see.

Nicholas Tochet, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Simon Tochet, Lincolnshire, ibid.

Thomas Touchet, Derbyshire, ibid.

Nicholas Tuchet, Lincolnshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Thomas Tuchet, Rutland, ibid.

Robert Touschet, Derbyshire, ibid.

Willelmus Tuket, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Tochet Beston, 7 Henry VIII: East Cheshire.

1809. Married — Nicholas Tuckett and Martha Hole: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

1= Tuck (q.v.) + the Anglo-French diminutive suff. -et.

Willelmus Tuket.—Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379.

2 the French Touquet = Corner, Angle, End [Old French tou(c)quet] The South. French tuquet, ‘an owl’, has prob. had no surnominal influence in this country.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Or Touchet, a baronial name from Touchet, near Mortaine, Normandy. In 1082 Ursinus de T. granted lands to the Church of St. William, Mortaine (Gerville, Anc. Chateaux). The name still remains in Normandy. (See Mem. Soc. Ant. Norm. xii. 23.) Joceline T. was seated in Cheshire t. William L, and was father of Henry, father of Henry to whom Ralph Gernons, Earl of Chester, gave Tatenhall (Ormerod, ii. 393). Hence the Touchets, Lords Audley, Earls of Castlehaven.

The Norman People (1874)

Tuckett Last Name Facts

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

Tuckett is found most in The United States. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tuckett? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 158,650th most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 2,648,091 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 46 percent of Tuckett live; 41 percent live in North America and 41 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 936 people, or 1 in 387,242. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Utah, where 33 percent are found, Idaho, where 10 percent are found and New York, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The United States Tuckett is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 27 percent are found and England, where 20 percent are found.

Tuckett Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Tuckett has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Tuckett last name rose 774 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 119 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 613 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Tuckett Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Tuckett surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Tuckett surname are 16.67% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.44% being registered with the party.

The amount Tuckett earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 236.21% more than the national average, earning R 798,960 per year; in United States they earn 4.96% more than the national average, earning $45,288 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.46% more than the national average, earning $50,409 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Tucket9229/
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Thickett801,223/
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Toccket7121/
Thicket715/
Taukete714/
Tickeat711/
Tusketh711/
Teuchet711/
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Tucit6729/
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Tuked673/
Tukcheet671/
Taucheth671/
Tookette671/
Teucheit671/
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