How common is the surname Tiller?

7,954 people in the United States had the surname Tiller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,816 Americans. It ranked 4,463rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tiller?

Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress (1929–2023), followed by George Tiller.

Where is the surname Tiller most common?

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

Is the surname Tiller getting more or less common?

More common. 7,299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,954 in 2010, up 9.0%.

The surname Tiller

An occupational surname, carried by 7,954 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tiller is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

Capitalization of tiller

Tiller is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,954 people named Tiller in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,816 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,299.

#4,463

rank among US surnames

7,954

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+9%

change since 2000 (was #4,471)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,454	Nall	7,966	38,758
#4,455	Clanton	7,965	38,763
#4,456	Geyer	7,962	38,777
#4,457	Bounds	7,960	38,787
#4,458	Lundberg	7,958	38,797
#4,460	Bostick	7,957	38,802
#4,461	Jenson	7,956	38,807

Who is named Tiller

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

76% of people named Tiller identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tillers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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)

Notable Tillers come mostly from Germany (1), the United States (1) and Norway (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tiller

Tiller has the Soundex code T460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T460.

Questions

Where does the surname Tiller come from?: Capitalization of tiller
How common is the surname Tiller?: 7,954 people in the United States had the surname Tiller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,816 Americans. It ranked 4,463rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tiller?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Tiller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tiller?: Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress (1929–2023), followed by George Tiller.
Where is the surname Tiller most common?: Wikidata records people named Tiller in Germany, the United States and Norway.
What type of surname is Tiller?: Tiller is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Tiller getting more or less common?: More common. 7,299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,954 in 2010, up 9.0%.