Tudor Surname

7,224th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78,551 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Tudor Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Tudor.' Miss Yonge has an interesting paragraph showing the probability that Tudor was a Welsh form of Theodore (History Christian Names).

Tuder fil. Griffini ab Mereduk, 12 Edward I: Calendarium Genealogicum: Henry III-Edward I.

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Tudor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania58,0331:34623
United States8,2351:44,0145,394
England4,2631:13,0701,924
Spain1,9381:24,1242,559
Australia1,0301:26,2093,568
Wales8321:3,719405
Croatia7091:5,964832
Canada6331:58,2086,868
Moldova3271:10,8911,873
France2391:277,91942,706
Barbados1691:1,701338
New Zealand1561:29,0285,072
Argentina1451:294,78223,564
Germany1231:654,51651,119
Scotland1011:53,0084,503
Russia971:1,485,805102,006
Greece941:117,87019,800
Italy941:650,60357,886
Nigeria921:1,925,46568,462
Japan881:1,452,77624,051
Guyana851:8,9671,413
South Africa761:712,86550,752
Trinidad and Tobago721:18,9442,251
Portugal661:157,8526,835
Sweden631:156,29810,904
Hungary591:166,37814,685
Haiti501:213,6787,899
Belgium471:244,60930,321
Austria401:212,88626,249
Brazil401:5,351,858134,966
Netherlands401:422,17943,576
Philippines341:2,977,595140,497
Denmark311:182,08815,299
Ukraine311:1,468,474118,175
Chile281:629,16015,000
Thailand251:2,825,534284,782
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Switzerland231:357,08327,273
Northern Ireland181:102,5026,334
Poland181:2,111,597101,748
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Norway171:302,48730,120
United Arab Emirates171:538,95723,493
Ireland161:294,30910,207
Belarus161:593,81652,198
Panama161:244,5166,353
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Saint Kitts and Nevis121:4,600509
India111:69,733,217610,955
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Mexico81:15,515,77647,773
China71:195,331,65210,124
Turkey71:11,117,346139,182
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
Antigua and Barbuda61:16,5281,436
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Montenegro41:159,8915,521
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Oman31:1,229,3248,987
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines21:56,3301,327
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
San Marino11:33,214932
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland151:295,32411,912
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,5031:16,2182,380
Wales5051:3,106204
Scotland41:935,80421,348
Jersey21:25,9413,069
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9441:53,1985,989

Tudor (53,259) may also be a first name.

Tudor Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Tudor.' Miss Yonge has an interesting paragraph showing the probability that Tudor was a Welsh form of Theodore (History Christian Names).

Tuder fil. Griffini ab Mereduk, 12 Edward I: Calendarium Genealogicum: Henry III-Edward I.

Margaret Holl ap Rees ap Tewdor: Visit. Glouc, Harleian Society.

Rys ap Madoc ap Tudir: Visit. London, 1633.

1707. Buried — Albinia, wife of Mr. John Tudor, scrivener: St. Mary Aldermary.

1751. Married — Francis Tudor and Elizabeth Higgs: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

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

(Welsh-Greek) the Welsh Tewdwr, a form of Theodore, q.v.

Ac y bu uarw Dyfynwal uab Tewdwr (And there died Dyvynwal, sou of Tudor).—Brut y Tywysogion (Chron. of the [Welsh] Princes), A.D. 760.

Ac yno y lias Tewdwr uab Einawn.

(And there Tudor, son of Einon, was slain).— do. do. A.D. 993.

David ap Rese ap Tudder al’ Tudor.— Calendarium Inquisitionum ad quod Damnum, A.D. 1322-3. " Tewdwr: Theodore, Tudor”.—'Enwau Personau'': Anwyl-Spurrell Dict. (ed. 1915), p. 333.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Welsh) Descendant of Tudor (gift of God) or Tudyr (country, tribe).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The Welsh form of Theodore. The surname of an English dynasty, descended from Edmund Tudor, a Welsh gentleman of ancient blood. In the Domesday of Shropshire we have, as subtenant of Roger, Earl of Shrewsbury,

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The Welsh for Theodore, or in old English, pious, as Tudor Belin, the pious king.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Tewdwr, or Tudur (Welsh), Theodore. Tewder, fat.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

The Welsh form of Theo­dore.

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

Tudor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tudor (Arabic: تودور, Russian: Тудор) has its highest incidence in Romania. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tudor? popularity and diffusion

Tudor is the 7,224th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 92,775 people. The surname Tudor occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Tudor live; 75 percent live in Eastern Europe and 74 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 17,537th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 53,259 people.

The surname Tudor is most frequently used in Romania, where it is held by 58,033 people, or 1 in 346. In Romania it is most prevalent in: Bucharest Municipality, where 18 percent live, Prahova County, where 8 percent live and Ilfov County, where 6 percent live. Beside Romania this surname exists in 100 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.

Tudor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tudor has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tudor surname expanded 872 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 284 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 165 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 2,525 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 107 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Tudor Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Tudor surname is chiefly Anglican (93%) in Ireland and Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Tudor last name are 18.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.85% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Tudor earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 85.52% less than the national average, earning €4,347 per year; in South Africa they earn 82.53% more than the national average, earning R 433,752 per year; in United States they earn 1.34% less than the national average, earning $42,571 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.58% less than the national average, earning $48,897 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tuedor91388/
Taudor91210/
Thudor9171/
Toudor9111/
Teudor914/
Tudort911/
Tudore910/
Taudore833/
Toudour833/
Thuedor831/
Teudore830/
Todor806,718/
Tidor801,564/
Tódor80422/
Tudur80407/
Tudar8034/
Tudorova7729/
Tudorová777/
Toudourt772/
Toudoire772/
Theudore772/
Tudare73753/
Tiedor7396/
Tuddur7332/
Tuydur7311/
Tidoor7310/
Taudur7310/
Thidor7310/
Tusdar736/
Tuddar734/
Tudaar733/
Toedor733/
Toudar732/
Tuğdar731/
Tujdar731/
Thudar731/
Tuidar731/
Taudar731/
Todoor731/
Toddor731/
Tuudar731/
Tudhare674/
Tiedoor674/
Thaudar671/
Thudart671/
Tusdard671/
Taudare671/

Tudor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tudor in the Russian language
Тудорtudor-
Tudor in the Arabic language
تودورtwdwr-

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