Explore the Family Name Tincknell

The meaning of Tincknell

English: habitational name from Tintinhull (Somerset). The placename may derive from an earlier Proto-Welsh placename Tinten (perhaps from a word related to Welsh din ‘fort’ + an unknown element) or from an Old English personal name Tinta (genitive Tintan) + hyll ‘hill’. Tyntenhull and Tincknell are equated in the index for 1604 to the Cecil Papers, vol. 16.

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How common is the last name Tincknell in the United States?

The Tincknell surname, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, has decreased slightly in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Tincknell ranked as the 108,153rd most popular last name, dropping to 118,185th by 2010 – a decrease of 9.28%. Similarly, the count of individuals with this surname fell from 152 in 2000 to 147 in 2010, marking a 3.29% decrease. Consequently, the proportion of the population with this last name per 100,000 people also declined by 16.67%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#108,153	#118,185	-9.28%
Count	152	147	-3.29%
Proportion per 100k	0.06	0.05	-16.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Tincknell

From an ethnicity standpoint, data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of individuals carrying the Tincknell surname identify as White. This figure increased from 93.42% in 2000 to 95.24% in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as two or more races decreased notably, from 3.29% in 2000 to 0% in 2010. No significant changes were observed among individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native, with these categories remaining at 0% for both 2000 and 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.42%	95.24%	1.95%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	3.29%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%