Tíller

surname · Latin script

Tíller is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle English tilier; equivalent to till + -er.

rarermore common
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 39K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 42K
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 45K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈33,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
354 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 4.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Norway

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

TíllerLatin(measured from records)
ทลเลอรThai(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Tiller in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Middle English tilier; equivalent to till + -er.

Sources 5

  • A dictionary of surnames
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
  • Wiktionary
  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Tíller counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Tíller is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈33,000 est.≈1 in 42K—Tiller5
US United States—7,9541 in 42K8KTiller354
GB United Kingdom—≈1,500 est.≈1 in 45K1.5KTiller130
NO Norway—1,1061 in 4.9K1.1KTiller41
DE Germany—≈910 est.≈1 in 88K—Tiller70
AU Australia—≈650 est.≈1 in 39K1Tiller114
BB Barbados#127———Tiller3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Tíller under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Tíller mean, and where does it come from?
From Middle English tilier; equivalent to till + -er. Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 3 other sources.
In which country does Tíller have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 33 thousand people named Tíller in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tiller.
Where is Tíller most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Tíller is densest in Norway — about 1 in 4.9 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Tíller?
In the United States, the national register counted 7,954 people named Tíller in 2010, about 1 in 42 thousand residents.
How common is Tíller compared with other names?
In Barbados, Tíller is the 127th most common surname of 11,500 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tíller” — the 127th most common surname in Barbados. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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