Tallon
surname · Latin script
Meaning: From a medieval nickname for a fast runner or someone with a damaged heel, from Old French talon 'heel'; or from an unidentified Germanic personal name beginning Tal- 'destroy'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈtæɫən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Tallon is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 86K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 111K
- USUnited States1 in 247K
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.
- Spain (measured from records)
- Sources
- 238 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 23K (inferred from the name graph)
1,432 people
Highest-authority source
Ireland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From a medieval nickname for a fast runner or someone with a damaged heel, from Old French talon 'heel'; or from an unidentified Germanic personal name beginning Tal- 'destroy'.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world(measured from records)
Tallon 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | 1,432 | 1 in 35K | 1.4K | Tallon | 37 |
| US United States | 1,344 | 1 in 247K | 1.7K | Tallon | 238 |
| FR France | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 54K | 146 | — | 2 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈590 est. | ≈1 in 111K | 847 | Tallon | 108 |
| PH Philippines | ≈460 est. | ≈1 in 237K | — | Tallon | 13 |
| AU Australia | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 86K | 1 | Tallon | 68 |
| IE Ireland | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | Tallon | 63 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈59 est. | ≈1 in 84K | — | Tallon | 20 |
1,432 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Tallon is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Probably from the French Talon, the cas-régime of OG *Talo, rather than OFr talon 'heel, claw'; first attested Henry Talon, Talun c1160 DC (L).
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, Gmc personal name derived from the element tal destroy, either as a short form of a cpd name with this first element (cf. Talbot and Talleyrand) or as an independent by¬ name. 2. metonymic nickname for a swift runner or for someone with a deformed heel, from OF talon heel (a dim. of tal, L talus). Vars.: Ir.: Tallin (a Gaelicized form). Fr.; Talon. Tally see Tully
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In English, hgéngalu
as a wordVocabulary of the Mende Language
In Irish, Talún. A Hiberno-Norman family formerly influential in the Pale. The name is seldom found outside Leinster. Tallonstown is in Co. Louth. MIF Map Carlow
as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Léon Tallonb. 1908FRFrench swimmer (1908-1980)
- Roger Tallonb. 1929FRFrench designer (1929–2011)
- Robert Tallonb. 1932USAmerican artist and writer
- Eddie Tallonb. 1944USAmerican politician
- Robin Tallonb. 1946USAmerican politician
- Jeff Tallonb. 1948NZNew Zealand physicist specialising in high-temperature superconductors
- Dale Tallonb. 1950CAice hockey player, NHL executive
- Alain Tallonb. 1967FRFrench historian (1967-)
- Andrew Tallonb. 1969BEBelgian historian
- Gary Tallonb. 1972IEIrish footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 26 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.7K | #16,634 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.7K | #15,970 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 1.4K | #3,232 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 1.4K | #3,231 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.3K | #19,955 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 847 | #7,532 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 216 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 209 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 203 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 200 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 186 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 181 | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Tallon mean, and where does it come from?
- From a medieval nickname for a fast runner or someone with a damaged heel, from Old French talon 'heel'; or from an unidentified Germanic personal name beginning Tal- 'destroy'. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Tallon?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈtæɫən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Tallon have the most bearers?
- In Spain, the national register counted about 1.4 thousand people named Tallon, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tallon.
- How common is the name Tallon?
- In Spain, the national register counted 1,432 people named Tallon, about 1 in 35 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Tallon?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tallonThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Tallon”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.