How common is the surname Tingley?

3,327 people in the United States had the surname Tingley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,800 Americans. It ranked 9,741st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tingley?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Tingley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Tingley?

Freya Tingley, Australian actress, followed by Katherine Tingley.

Where is the surname Tingley most common?

Wikidata records people named Tingley in Australia and the United States.

Is the surname Tingley getting more or less common?

More common. 3,226 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,327 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Tingley

A surname, carried by 3,327 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tingley is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,327 people named Tingley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,800 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,226.

#9,741

rank among US surnames

3,327

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,292)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,734	Strode	3,331	92,689
#9,735	Crispin	3,330	92,716
#9,736	Clymer	3,329	92,744
#9,741	Raven	3,327	92,800
#9,745	Phoenix	3,326	92,828
#9,747	Frady	3,325	92,856

Who is named Tingley

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

93% of people named Tingley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tingleys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Freya Tingley
Australian actress, born 1994
Katherine Tingley
American theosophist (1847–1929)

Notable Tingleys come mostly from Australia (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tingley

Tingley has the Soundex code T524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T524.

Questions

How common is the surname Tingley?: 3,327 people in the United States had the surname Tingley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,800 Americans. It ranked 9,741st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tingley?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Tingley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Tingley?: Freya Tingley, Australian actress, followed by Katherine Tingley.
Where is the surname Tingley most common?: Wikidata records people named Tingley in Australia and the United States.
Is the surname Tingley getting more or less common?: More common. 3,226 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,327 in 2010, up 3.1%.