Tyerman Surname

368,903rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 975 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Tyerman Surname Definition:

(French + English) Tireman; Dress- Dealer; Costumier; Head-Dresser [tire, tyer, is for the Middle English atir, atyr(e, attire, dress, head-dress; from atiren, atyren, to attire, adorn, Old French atirier, to adorn] Tireman, a dealer in ornamental clothing .

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Tyerman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3791:147,01314,138
Australia2271:118,92413,128
Canada2051:179,73517,909
United States1181:3,071,686178,560
New Zealand151:301,88825,890
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Wales41:773,63329,106
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2571:94,8469,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Tyerman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(French + English) Tireman; Dress- Dealer; Costumier; Head-Dresser [tire, tyer, is for the Middle English atir, atyr(e, attire, dress, head-dress; from atiren, atyren, to attire, adorn, Old French atirier, to adorn] Tireman, a dealer in ornamental clothing . . . Tirewoman, a milliner.—T. Wright, Prov. Dict., p. 965.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A dealer in dresses and all kinds of ornamental clothing. Halliwell.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Dutch, Tieman; a personal name.

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

Tyerman is a form of Tyreman, a name of occupation also found in this part of Yorkshire. Henry Tyreman, draper, was lord mayor of York in 1668 (D.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Tyerman Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tyerman is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tyerman? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 368,903rd most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 7,474,406 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 41 percent of Tyerman are found; 41 percent are found in Northern Europe and 41 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 379 people, or 1 in 147,013. In England Tyerman is most frequent in: North Yorkshire, where 27 percent live, Durham, where 14 percent live and Greater London, where 11 percent live. Excluding England it is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 23 percent live and Canada, where 21 percent live.

Tyerman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tyerman has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Tyerman surname grew 147 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 656 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tyerman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Tyerman are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the political party.

The amount Tyerman earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 107.57% more than the national average, earning R 493,260 per year; in United States they earn 23.77% more than the national average, earning $53,405 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.71% less than the national average, earning $48,335 CAD per year.

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