# Tilghman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tilghman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,810 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,250 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 109,874 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.0% (2,675 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Tillman.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tilghman in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 53% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 42% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tilghman in the United States.

## People named Tilghman

- Benjamin Chew Tilghman, American inventor

## Similar surnames

Tillman, Tolman, Tilman, Tillmon, Tolson, Tilson, Talkington, Tollison, Tolleson, Tillson, Thelusma.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.