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    The surname Tilley

    A surname, carried by 15,758 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T400

    Tilley: #2,318 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Tilley #2,318, 15,758 people Tilley: #2,318 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tilley #2,318, 15,758 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tilley is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,758 people named Tilley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,593 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,560.

    #2,318
    rank among US surnames
    15,758
    people in 2010
    5.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,143)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,309Boston15,81419,524
    #2,310Scruggs15,80819,531
    #2,311Giron15,78619,558
    #2,313McCloud15,78319,562
    #2,314Titus15,78019,566
    #2,315Burnham15,77519,572
    #2,316Grubbs15,77319,574

    Who is named Tilley

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

    88% of people named Tilley identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Tilleys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Colin Tilley
      American music video director, born 1988

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tilley

    Tilley has the Soundex code T400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tilley?
    15,758 people in the United States had the surname Tilley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,593 Americans. It ranked 2,318th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tilley?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Tilley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Tilley?
    Colin Tilley, American music video director.
    Where is the surname Tilley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Tilley in the United States.
    Is the surname Tilley getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,560 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,758 in 2010, up 1.3%.