# Tillman (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 30,825 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,139 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,016 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.7% (28,878 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tillman 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) | 45% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 49% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tillman in the United States.

## People named Tillman

- Pat Tillman, American football player and soldier (1976-2004)
- Tramell Tillman, American actor
- Benjamin Tillman, American politician (1847–1918)
- George Tillman, Jr., American film director
- Xavier Tillman, American basketball player (born 1999)
- Henry Tillman, American boxer
- Chris Tillman, American baseball player
- Katherine D. Tillman, American writer
- Father John Misty, American singer-songwriter

## Similar surnames

Tallman, Tolman, Tilghman, Tilman, Tillmon, Talamantes, Talamantez.

## 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.