# Tiller (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,954 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,463 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 38,816 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.0% (7,299 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Capitalization of tiller

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tiller 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) | 76% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tiller in Germany, the United States and Norway.

## People named Tiller

- Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress (1929–2023)
- George Tiller, American physician from Wichita, Kansas murdered by anti-abortion extremist (1941-2009)
- Henry Tiller, boxer (1914–1999)

## Similar surnames

Tyler, Toler, Tillery, Teller, Tellier, Tuller, Toller, Tullier, Taylor, Towler, Thaler, Tolar.

## 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.