How common is the surname Tillman?

30,825 people in the United States had the surname Tillman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,016 Americans. It ranked 1,139th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tillman?

Pat Tillman, American football player and soldier (1976-2004), followed by Tramell Tillman.

Where is the surname Tillman most common?

Wikidata records people named Tillman in the United States.

Is the surname Tillman getting more or less common?

More common. 28,878 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,825 in 2010, up 6.7%.

The surname Tillman

A surname, carried by 30,825 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T455

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tillman is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 30,825 people named Tillman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,016 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 28,878.

#1,139

rank among US surnames

30,825

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+6.7%

change since 2000 (was #1,110)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,130	Dillard	31,021	9,953
#1,131	Wilder	31,018	9,954
#1,132	Lange	30,984	9,965
#1,133	Shoemaker	30,934	9,981
#1,134	Flanagan	30,887	9,996
#1,135	Bruno	30,883	9,997
#1,136	Segura	30,880	9,998

Who is named Tillman

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

49% of people named Tillman identified as Black (not Hispanic), 45% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 49%
White (not Hispanic) 45%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Tillmans

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Pat Tillman
American football player and soldier (1976-2004)
Tramell Tillman
American actor, born 1985
Benjamin Tillman
American politician (1847–1918)
George Tillman, Jr.
American film director, born 1969
Xavier Tillman
American basketball player (born 1999)
Henry Tillman
American boxer, born 1960
Chris Tillman
American baseball player, born 1988
Katherine D. Tillman
American writer, 1870–1922
Father John Misty
American singer-songwriter, born 1981

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tillman

Tillman has the Soundex code T455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T455.

Questions

How common is the surname Tillman?: 30,825 people in the United States had the surname Tillman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,016 Americans. It ranked 1,139th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tillman?: In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Tillman identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 45% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tillman?: Pat Tillman, American football player and soldier (1976-2004), followed by Tramell Tillman.
Where is the surname Tillman most common?: Wikidata records people named Tillman in the United States.
Is the surname Tillman getting more or less common?: More common. 28,878 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,825 in 2010, up 6.7%.