Tye Surname

38,794th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,557 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia

Tye Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the Tye.' 'Tye, an extensive common pasture': Halliwell. 'Tye: it generally means a small piece of common land close to a village, as Telscombe Tye, a few miles from Brighton': Lower, Patronymica Britannica.

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Tye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,9271:73,5668,479
England3,1931:17,4502,515
Australia1,2041:22,4223,091
Liberia1,1921:3,698475
Malaysia8611:34,2562,897
Canada6521:56,5126,677
Uzbekistan5501:56,2356,301
India3231:2,374,81577,074
New Zealand1991:22,7553,990
Thailand581:1,217,902177,118
South Africa521:1,041,87963,251
Wales511:60,6775,433
Scotland481:111,5387,348
Mexico301:4,137,54026,679
Spain231:2,032,69753,462
France201:3,321,136213,627
Burkina Faso191:965,9009,829
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
Hong Kong101:733,5483,685
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Norway91:571,36544,190
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
China51:273,464,31313,838
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,7171:14,1962,123
Scotland121:311,9359,798
Wales121:130,7015,289
Jersey31:17,2942,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7471:67,2277,296

Tye (5,847) may also be a first name.

Tye Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the Tye.' 'Tye, an extensive common pasture': Halliwell. 'Tye: it generally means a small piece of common land close to a village, as Telscombe Tye, a few miles from Brighton': Lower, Patronymica Britannica.

Hugh de la Tye, Sussex, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Peter atte-Tye, Norfolk, 10 Edward III: History of Norfolk.

Geoffrey le Tylere, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Ralph le Tilere, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Hugh le Tygheler. Rolls of Parliament.

Adam le Tiyghelere, c. 1300. Writs of Parliament.

Robert le Tiegheler, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

1611. Robert Tyler and Alice Callis: Marriage Lic. (London).

1658. Married — Thomas Nash and Mary Tiler: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

(English) Dweller at a Common, Croft, or Enclosure [Middle English and Dialectal English tye, Old English týg, téag] Hugh de la Tye.—Hund. Rolls (Sussex).

Tye, Tie, sb., an extensive common pasture.—Dict. Kent. Dialectal, p. 180.

A croft callid Wolnes Tie.—MS. Accts. St. Dunstan's, Cant. (151o).

There are places called Tye Green in Essex and Suffolk.

(Celtic) for Tighe, MacTighe, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller near the large common pasture or enclosure.

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

A topographical word of uncertain origin. It generally means a small piece of common land close to a village, as Telscombe Tye, a few miles from Brighton.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From ti, ty, a house, which in the pl. would become tiaz, ties, tiez, tyas, tyes, tyez (W. teios, cots, cottages). Pryce renders tyor, a helliar, thatcher, tiler. Gilbert says Sir Henry le Tyes, Lord Tyes, or (as Camden calls him) De Tiers, was lord of the manor of Tywarnhale "Tiers in Perran-Zabuloe. One of the Tyas families considers itself of Norman origin, and says the name is found written Teutonicus.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Hugo de Toie, Norm. 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Hugo de la Tye, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

From the Danish, Thye; a personal name.

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

Tye: is a piece of common pasture. Surnames Tye, Tighe. Hugh de la Tye and Peter at Tye are met with; hence Attye.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Tye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻲ) is most common in The United States. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Tye click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tye? popularity and diffusion

It is the 38,794th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 537,549 people. The last name Tye is mostly found in The Americas, where 41 percent of Tye reside; 41 percent reside in North America and 41 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Tye is also the 87,152nd most numerous given name worldwide It is held by 5,847 people.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 4,927 people, or 1 in 73,566. In The United States Tye is primarily concentrated in: California, where 11 percent live, Texas, where 10 percent live and Georgia, where 6 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname is found in 62 countries. It is also found in England, where 24 percent live and Australia, where 9 percent live.

Tye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tye has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tye surname expanded 660 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 186 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 425 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 33 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Tye Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Tye last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Tye last name are 10.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.33% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Tye earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 23.09% less than the national average, earning 266,178 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 38.5% less than the national average, earning R 146,148 per year; in United States they earn 4.28% less than the national average, earning $41,301 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.53% more than the national average, earning $49,946 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taye86261,713/
Teye8634,619/
Toye866,416/
Thye862,337/
Tuye861,585/
Tiye861,316/
Tyea86193/
Tyoe8643/
Tyie8611/
Tyeh866/
Tyhe861/
Tyey861/
Tyje861/
Tyej861/
Tyet861/
Ttye861/
Tayeh7527,336/
Tuyet7527,335/
Taiye757,372/
Tioye756,544/
Tayee751,200/
Tayes75750/
Teyie75538/
Teyes75451/
Tayie75396/
Theye75264/
Tayep75245/
Touye75236/
Tayed75232/
Toyes75183/
Thaye75139/
Tayet75106/
Tyghe7585/
Teiye7578/
Toyed7569/
Tahye7550/
Toyet7549/
Tauye7542/
Toiye7541/
Teyez7539/
Tiyeh7535/
Teyeh7533/
Toyep7532/
Tieye7531/
Thoye7527/
Htaye7527/
Tuyes7521/
Tuyep7521/
Teyet7516/
Tiyoe7515/
Toyee7513/
Tayye7510/
Thuye759/
Tyehe758/
Tyeyi758/
Taaye756/
Toyie756/
Tehye755/
Tiyes754/
Tayez754/
Tayhe754/
Tyohe754/
Tuoye754/
Tiyep754/
Thyez754/
Tyher753/
Teyee753/
Dteye753/
Tuyed753/
Thiye752/
Toyye752/
Tiyae752/
Teuye752/
Tuyeh752/
Toyeh752/
Tuyee751/
Tyedt751/
Tyets751/
Tyhie751/
Teyed751/
Tyoae751/
Tyaee751/
Tyoee751/
Tuuye751/
Tyoye751/
Teeye751/
Toeye751/
Tiyed751/
Tuiye751/
Tooye751/
Tyheu751/
Teyye751/
Tyesj751/
Tyeth750/
Tiyhe750/
Toe67124,826/
Tay6799,860/
Tee6763,002/
Tie6742,702/
Tayech6740,272/
Tuy6737,508/
Toy6731,865/
Tea6727,788/
Tae6724,677/
Tei6721,578/
Tey6714,082/
Tej675,260/
Tue674,002/
Teu672,429/
Tje67751/
Tyohee67483/
Tayyed67212/
Tayesh67210/
Thieye67148/
Touyet6755/
Tayuhe6743/
Tohyae6740/
Tayeau6738/
Thayye6730/
Tyohie6721/
Thoeye6720/
Teyiea6720/
Taiyee6717/
Tyj6714/
Tõe6712/
Tayyeh6711/
Touyeh6710/
Tge6710/
Teeyee6710/
Teeyoe678/
Tayjer678/
Tohyie678/
Tyojie677/
Thayee676/
Tayier676/
Teyech676/
Thoyee676/
Theeye675/
Tooyie675/
Toyyep674/
Taiyep674/
Tayyep674/
Theyoe674/
Thoiye674/
Thayep673/
Tahaye673/
Teyije673/
Tyojee673/
Tyohge673/
Tayies673/
Thiyeh673/
Tjy673/
Taayer672/
Tayeed672/
Táy672/
Tayyee672/
Tiye'e672/
Teeyes672/
Tuyehe672/
Tahyeh672/
Tohyeh672/
Taayet672/
Tyeggi671/
Tyohey671/
Ttioye671/
Tayiep671/
Tayyer671/
Thooye671/
Theiye671/
Taiyed671/
Tajyer671/
Tayiea671/
Tyehie671/
Teiyeh671/
Geetye671/
Teeyie671/
Tayeee671/
Tée671/
Teí671/
Tüy671/
Tuyeau671/
Tgayeh671/
Teiyes671/
Taiyer671/
Tayyet671/
Tayess671/
Tayieh671/
Thyerr671/
Tooyeh671/
Thuyeh671/
Thaaye671/
Tohyee671/
Tuyeed671/
Tyieyi671/
Theyee671/
Tahyee671/
Tahyes671/
Tayahe671/
Tayjie671/
Tehyae671/
Tayett670/
Tuyett670/
Toyier670/
Toyett670/

Tye Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻲty-

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