How common is the surname Tillery?

8,156 people in the United States had the surname Tillery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,855 Americans. It ranked 4,355th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tillery?

Jerry Tillery, American football player.

Where is the surname Tillery most common?

Wikidata records people named Tillery in the United States.

Is the surname Tillery getting more or less common?

More common. 7,666 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,156 in 2010, up 6.4%.

The surname Tillery

A surname, carried by 8,156 people in the United States.

3 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). Tillery is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,156 people named Tillery in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,855 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,666.

#4,355

rank among US surnames

8,156

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+6.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,285)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,346	Caudle	8,167	37,804
#4,347	Loftus	8,166	37,809
#4,348	Palermo	8,165	37,813
#4,351	Leclair	8,162	37,827
#4,352	Sammons	8,161	37,832
#4,353	An	8,160	37,836
#4,354	Knowlton	8,157	37,850

Who is named Tillery

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

60% of people named Tillery identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 60%
Black (not Hispanic) 34%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tillerys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jerry Tillery
American football player, born 1996

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tillery

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

Questions

How common is the surname Tillery?: 8,156 people in the United States had the surname Tillery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,855 Americans. It ranked 4,355th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tillery?: In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Tillery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tillery?: Jerry Tillery, American football player.
Where is the surname Tillery most common?: Wikidata records people named Tillery in the United States.
Is the surname Tillery getting more or less common?: More common. 7,666 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,156 in 2010, up 6.4%.