Tytler Surname

473,663rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 707 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Tytler Surname Definition:

This surname is not very common but Lower says that it occurs in the English Hundred Rolls (1273). It has been derived from ME. titeier, a tatler, but this seems most unlikely. Alexander Fraser Tytler (1747-1813), historian and general writer, was born in Edinburgh.

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Tytler Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1511:2,400,390147,856
Canada1361:270,92325,472
Nigeria1291:1,373,20053,624
Scotland951:56,3564,696
England921:605,63136,119
Australia451:599,90442,958
Israel331:259,32223,464
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
India61:127,844,230863,365
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Wales41:773,63329,106
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
France11:66,422,722504,397
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1281:29,2442,539
England651:375,00623,176
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Tytler Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is not very common but Lower says that it occurs in the English Hundred Rolls (1273). It has been derived from ME. titeier, a tatler, but this seems most unlikely. Alexander Fraser Tytler (1747-1813), historian and general writer, was born in Edinburgh. His son, Patrick Fraser Tytler (1791-1849), was author of a large history of Scotland and of other works. James Tytler (1747-1805), scholar and eccentric, commonly called "Balloon Tytler" from his having made the first balloon ascension in Scotland, was born in Brechin.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) Tatler [Middle English titeler, from titelen, titeren, to tattle; conn. with Low Ger.

tateln, to tattle] Of alle tale-telleris And titeleris . . .—Piers Plowman, 1423-4.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The Scottish family of this name are stated to be a younger branch of the noble house of Seton. The ancestor is said to have fled into F ranee temp. James IV., in consequence of his having slain a gentleman in a sudden quarrel at a hunting match, and there to have adopted, for concealment, the name of Tytler. His two sons, bearing the same name, returned to Scotland with Queen Mary. B.L.G. The statement appears very improbable; and the etymology of the alias, if such it be, is unknown. Le Titteler occurs in H.R., and Jamieson, gives Titlar as a tattler, or talkative person.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

In the year 1515, Lord Seton, having slain a gentleman named Gray in a duel, changed his name to Tytler and fled to France. His two sons returned with Queen Mary to Scotland in 1561, and settled in Aberdeenshire.

The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames (1862) by Clifford Stanley Sims (1839-1896)

Tytler Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tytler is found most in The United States. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tytler? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 473,663rd most prevalent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 10,307,703 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 39 percent of Tytler live; 38 percent live in North America and 38 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Tytler is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 151 people, or 1 in 2,400,390. In The United States Tytler is most numerous in: New York, where 44 percent live, Florida, where 9 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Beside The United States Tytler is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 19 percent live and Nigeria, where 18 percent live.

Tytler Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tytler has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Tytler last name grew 755 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 26 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it grew 142 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tytler Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Tytler surname are 5.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Tytler earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.76% less than the national average, earning $41,095 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.54% more than the national average, earning $54,424 CAD per year.

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