How common is the surname Tickner?

646 people in the United States had the surname Tickner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 477,934 Americans. It ranked 34,916th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tickner?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Tickner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Tickner?

Charles Frederick Tickner, American figure skater, followed by J. Ann Tickner.

Where is the surname Tickner most common?

Wikidata records people named Tickner in the United States.

Is the surname Tickner getting more or less common?

Less common. 673 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 646 in 2010, down 4.0%.

The surname Tickner

An English place surname, carried by 646 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tickner is more common than 78.5% of them.

Origin

English origin

Topographic surname for someone who lived at a crossroads or a fork in the road, from Old English twiċen (“fork in the road”). Compare twitchel.

Tickner is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 646 people named Tickner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 477,934 Americans. That is down 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 673.

#34,916

rank among US surnames

646

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-4%

change since 2000 (was #32,267)

Who is named Tickner

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Tickner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tickners

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Frederick Tickner
American figure skater, born 1953
J. Ann Tickner
American international relations scholar, born 1937

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tickner

Tickner has the Soundex code T256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T256.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Tickner come from?: Topographic surname for someone who lived at a crossroads or a fork in the road, from Old English twiċen (“fork in the road”). Compare twitchel.
How common is the surname Tickner?: 646 people in the United States had the surname Tickner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 477,934 Americans. It ranked 34,916th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tickner?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Tickner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Tickner?: Charles Frederick Tickner, American figure skater, followed by J. Ann Tickner.
Where is the surname Tickner most common?: Wikidata records people named Tickner in the United States.
What type of surname is Tickner?: Tickner is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Tickner getting more or less common?: Less common. 673 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 646 in 2010, down 4.0%.