How common is the surname Tilton?

8,124 people in the United States had the surname Tilton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,004 Americans. It ranked 4,376th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tilton?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Tilton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Tilton?

Charlene Tilton, American actress, followed by Martha Tilton.

Where is the surname Tilton most common?

Wikidata records people named Tilton in the United States.

Is the surname Tilton getting more or less common?

More common. 7,997 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,124 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Tilton

An English place surname, carried by 8,124 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T435

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tilton is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from the village of Tilton on the Hill, in Leicestershire, from the Old English personal name Tila + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Tilton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,124 people named Tilton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,004 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,997.

#4,376

rank among US surnames

8,124

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,100)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,367	Moen	8,138	37,939
#4,368	Chaves	8,137	37,943
#4,371	Velarde	8,135	37,953
#4,372	Dupre	8,131	37,971
#4,373	Ridenour	8,130	37,976
#4,374	Strunk	8,129	37,981
#4,375	Hardison	8,128	37,985

Who is named Tilton

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

92% of people named Tilton identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tiltons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charlene Tilton
American actress, born 1958
Martha Tilton
American singer (1915–2006)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tilton

Tilton has the Soundex code T435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T435.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Tilton come from?: Habitational surname from the village of Tilton on the Hill, in Leicestershire, from the Old English personal name Tila + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Tilton?: 8,124 people in the United States had the surname Tilton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,004 Americans. It ranked 4,376th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tilton?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Tilton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Tilton?: Charlene Tilton, American actress, followed by Martha Tilton.
Where is the surname Tilton most common?: Wikidata records people named Tilton in the United States.
What type of surname is Tilton?: Tilton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Tilton getting more or less common?: More common. 7,997 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,124 in 2010, up 1.6%.