The Tillmann surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 427 people carried this name — #49,268 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 26% from 338 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Tillmann surname
A surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name.
Combination of the given name Till and the ending -mann, in analogy with old names like Hermann and Hartmann.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Tillmann» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
141 people named Tillmann live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 88 people named Tillmann.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Tillmann in American newspapers,
1877–1944.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,655 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Tillmann,
with a public archive behind them.
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Georg Tillmann 1882–1941 · banker -
Ferdinand Tillmann 1932– · politician -
J. A. Tillmann 1957– · philosopher -
Ulrike Tillmann 1962– · mathematician -
Antje Tillmann 1964– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 58 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tillmann.
- Tieche 133 · U.S. census
- Tierce 551 · U.S. census
- Tiger 2,428 · U.S. census
- Tille 147 · U.S. census
- Tillet 160 · U.S. census
- Tillie 475 · U.S. census
- Tillou 189 · U.S. census
- Tilly 1,315 · U.S. census
- Tilman 1,125 · U.S. census
- Timmel 205 · U.S. census
- Timmerman 7,569 · U.S. census
- Timmermans 450 · U.S. census
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