How common is the surname Tilghman?

2,810 people in the United States had the surname Tilghman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,874 Americans. It ranked 11,250th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tilghman?

Benjamin Chew Tilghman, American inventor.

Where is the surname Tilghman most common?

Wikidata records people named Tilghman in the United States.

Is the surname Tilghman getting more or less common?

More common. 2,675 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,810 in 2010, up 5.0%.

Is Tilghman also a first name?

Yes. Tilghman is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Tilghman

A surname, carried by 2,810 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tilghman is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

Variant of Tillman.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,810 people named Tilghman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,874 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,675.

#11,250

rank among US surnames

2,810

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #10,917)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,241	Scoville	2,812	109,796
#11,248	Hemenway	2,811	109,835
#11,250	Stucker	2,810	109,874
#11,256	Craighead	2,809	109,913
#11,257	Sterrett	2,808	109,952

Who is named Tilghman

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

53% of people named Tilghman identified as white (not Hispanic), 42% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tilghmans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Benjamin Chew Tilghman
American inventor, 1821–1901

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tilghman

Tilghman has the Soundex code T425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T425.

Questions

Where does the surname Tilghman come from?: Variant of Tillman.
How common is the surname Tilghman?: 2,810 people in the United States had the surname Tilghman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,874 Americans. It ranked 11,250th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tilghman?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Tilghman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 42% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tilghman?: Benjamin Chew Tilghman, American inventor.
Where is the surname Tilghman most common?: Wikidata records people named Tilghman in the United States.
Is the surname Tilghman getting more or less common?: More common. 2,675 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,810 in 2010, up 5.0%.
Is Tilghman also a first name?: Yes. Tilghman is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.