Tudor Surname
Approximately 78,551 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameTudor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 58,033 | 1:346 | 23 |
| United States | 8,235 | 1:44,014 | 5,394 |
| England | 4,263 | 1:13,070 | 1,924 |
| Spain | 1,938 | 1:24,124 | 2,559 |
| Australia | 1,030 | 1:26,209 | 3,568 |
| Wales | 832 | 1:3,719 | 405 |
| Croatia | 709 | 1:5,964 | 832 |
| Canada | 633 | 1:58,208 | 6,868 |
| Moldova | 327 | 1:10,891 | 1,873 |
| France | 239 | 1:277,919 | 42,706 |
| Barbados | 169 | 1:1,701 | 338 |
| New Zealand | 156 | 1:29,028 | 5,072 |
| Argentina | 145 | 1:294,782 | 23,564 |
| Germany | 123 | 1:654,516 | 51,119 |
| Scotland | 101 | 1:53,008 | 4,503 |
| Russia | 97 | 1:1,485,805 | 102,006 |
| Greece | 94 | 1:117,870 | 19,800 |
| Italy | 94 | 1:650,603 | 57,886 |
| Nigeria | 92 | 1:1,925,465 | 68,462 |
| Japan | 88 | 1:1,452,776 | 24,051 |
| Guyana | 85 | 1:8,967 | 1,413 |
| South Africa | 76 | 1:712,865 | 50,752 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 72 | 1:18,944 | 2,251 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Sweden | 63 | 1:156,298 | 10,904 |
| Hungary | 59 | 1:166,378 | 14,685 |
| Haiti | 50 | 1:213,678 | 7,899 |
| Belgium | 47 | 1:244,609 | 30,321 |
| Austria | 40 | 1:212,886 | 26,249 |
| Brazil | 40 | 1:5,351,858 | 134,966 |
| Netherlands | 40 | 1:422,179 | 43,576 |
| Philippines | 34 | 1:2,977,595 | 140,497 |
| Denmark | 31 | 1:182,088 | 15,299 |
| Ukraine | 31 | 1:1,468,474 | 118,175 |
| Chile | 28 | 1:629,160 | 15,000 |
| Thailand | 25 | 1:2,825,534 | 284,782 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 1:357,083 | 27,273 |
| Northern Ireland | 18 | 1:102,502 | 6,334 |
| Poland | 18 | 1:2,111,597 | 101,748 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Norway | 17 | 1:302,487 | 30,120 |
| United Arab Emirates | 17 | 1:538,957 | 23,493 |
| Ireland | 16 | 1:294,309 | 10,207 |
| Belarus | 16 | 1:593,816 | 52,198 |
| Panama | 16 | 1:244,516 | 6,353 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 12 | 1:4,600 | 509 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Montenegro | 4 | 1:159,891 | 5,521 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Oman | 3 | 1:1,229,324 | 8,987 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 1:56,330 | 1,327 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 15 | 1:295,324 | 11,912 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,503 | 1:16,218 | 2,380 |
| Wales | 505 | 1:3,106 | 204 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 944 | 1:53,198 | 5,989 |
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.
(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.
(Welsh) Descendant of Tudor (gift of God) or Tudyr (country, tribe).
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,
The Welsh for Theodore, or in old English, pious, as Tudor Belin, the pious king.
Tewdwr, or Tudur (Welsh), Theodore. Tewder, fat.
The Welsh form of Theodore.
Tudor Demographics
Average Tudor Salary in
United States
$42,571 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuedor | 91 | 388 | / |
| Taudor | 91 | 210 | / |
| Thudor | 91 | 71 | / |
| Toudor | 91 | 11 | / |
| Teudor | 91 | 4 | / |
| Tudort | 91 | 1 | / |
| Tudore | 91 | 0 | / |
| Taudore | 83 | 3 | / |
| Toudour | 83 | 3 | / |
| Thuedor | 83 | 1 | / |
| Teudore | 83 | 0 | / |
| Todor | 80 | 6,718 | / |
| Tidor | 80 | 1,564 | / |
| Tódor | 80 | 422 | / |
| Tudur | 80 | 407 | / |
| Tudar | 80 | 34 | / |
| Tudorova | 77 | 29 | / |
| Tudorová | 77 | 7 | / |
| Toudourt | 77 | 2 | / |
| Toudoire | 77 | 2 | / |
| Theudore | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tudare | 73 | 753 | / |
| Tiedor | 73 | 96 | / |
| Tuddur | 73 | 32 | / |
| Tuydur | 73 | 11 | / |
| Tidoor | 73 | 10 | / |
| Taudur | 73 | 10 | / |
| Thidor | 73 | 10 | / |
| Tusdar | 73 | 6 | / |
| Tuddar | 73 | 4 | / |
| Tudaar | 73 | 3 | / |
| Toedor | 73 | 3 | / |
| Toudar | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tuğdar | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tujdar | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thudar | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tuidar | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taudar | 73 | 1 | / |
| Todoor | 73 | 1 | / |
| Toddor | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tuudar | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tudhare | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tiedoor | 67 | 4 | / |
| Thaudar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thudart | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tusdard | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taudare | 67 | 1 | / |
Tudor Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tudor in the Russian language | ||
| Тудор | tudor | - |
| Tudor in the Arabic language | ||
| تودور | twdwr | - |
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