The Tucker surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 167,446 people carried this name — #153 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,760 people counted. That is up 3% from 162,933 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Tucker surname
A south-western English surname originating as an occupation; equivalent to Fuller.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Tucker» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 10 births for the Tucker name in 1890.
Most were registered in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 400 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 95 people named Tucker live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
39 people named Tucker live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 33 people named Tucker.
Most of them — 26 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Paris.
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 the Nordic population registers
77 people named Tucker are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s
Tucker was found among the farmers of 8 counties.
It was most frequent in Devon: 102 in every 10,000 farmers there — about 1 in 98. Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent.
Where it concentrates, on the mapPer 10,000 farmers, by county
H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.
In Scotland’s registers today
Tucker was recorded 24 times in Scotland’s registers of births, marriages and deaths in 2025.
That made it the 1003rd most common name in those registers, shared with others on the same count. In 1975, the first year of the series, the count was 21. Each birth counts the child’s surname, each marriage both partners’ and each death the surname of the person who died — a yearly count of registrations, not of the people who live in Scotland.
National Records of Scotland, «Most Common Surnames, 2025» (published 26 May 2026): every surname recorded 10 or more times in the 2025 registers, and the series from 1975 · different spellings are counted separately — © Crown copyright 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
501 families named Tucker, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 2,851 people lived in those households, 5.7 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.
Families, by state
U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 266 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.
In print
Tucker in American newspapers,
1862–1906.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 985,347 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Tucker in Australian newspapers,
1800s–2000s.
152,923 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Tucker. The most, 22,682, date from the 1890s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 2.1 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Tucker.
Who carried it
People named Tucker,
with a public archive behind them.
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George Tucker 1775–1861 · writer -
Henry St. George Tucker, Sr. 1780–1848 · judge -
Tilghman Tucker 1802–1859 · lawyer -
John Randolph Tucker 1812–1883 · military officer -
Henry Holcombe Tucker 1819–1889
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 201 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Tucker,
in the records of 7 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States12,418 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 5,645
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 2,306
- Other U.S. records 4,467
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record James Hale TuckerBorn 1941; from Pawnee, Oklahoma. U.S. Air Force, pilot; declared dead 1966 in North Vietnam. Buried at Pawnee Highland Cemetery, Oklahoma.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Harvey C. TuckerBorn 1918 in Alabama. Enlisted 1942 at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia; textile mill worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Walker Memory Gardens, Jasper, Alabama.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Jane TuckerArrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Germanic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 32; servant. From Philadelphia; bound for Philadelphia.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 12,418 records for Tucker in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Australia3,912 records
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1,863
- Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 745
- Other Australian records 1,304
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Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829 Transportation record Robert TuckerTransported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Equestrian, sailing from London in 1845. Native of Yelverton, Devon. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1855.
Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record John TuckerDied 1879 in Franklin, Tasmania, aged 73. Will registered in Tasmania in 1879.
Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Mainy TuckerArrived in Victoria in 1856 aboard the Ocean Monarch, aged 20; English.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 3,912 records for Tucker in Australia.
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · City of Ballarat, Avenue of Honour Plaques (CC BY 3.0 AU) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Canada746 records
- Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 514
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial 58
- Other Canadian records 174
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Example: German emigration file, 1883 Emigration record King TuckerLeft New York in 1783 aboard the Ranger, bound for Port Mattoon, aged 51.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Geo TuckerCame to Ontario in 1875 aboard the Sarmatian, landing at Quebec, bound for Forrest, Ontario; English.
Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Ada Ellen TuckerBuried in 1974 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 76.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
Showing 3 of 746 records for Tucker in Canada.
Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Netherlands557 records
- Dutch church registers before 1811 300
- Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 165
- Dutch population registers 92
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Example: marriage register, 1911 Marriage record Maria TuckerMarried in 1830 in Beesd. Died 1832 in 's-Hertogenbosch.
Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: marriage register, 1911 Marriage record Antonius TuckerMarried in 1833 in 's-Hertogenbosch; born 1802 in Alem. Died 1882 in 's-Hertogenbosch.
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Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Johanna Jakoba TuckerBorn 1822 in Deil. Died 1903 in Deil, aged 81.
Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 557 records for Tucker in the Netherlands.
Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).
United Kingdom169 records
- War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 90
- St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 49
- Other British records 30
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Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919 War record William Henry Evans TuckerBorn 1885 at North Kensington; carpenter. Served in the First World War. Named in the Morayshire roll of honour (1921).
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Daniel TuckerDied 1950, aged 60; buried at Logie Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Agnes Wesley TuckerWill proved in 1931; of Swansea.
National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
Showing 3 of 169 records for Tucker in the United Kingdom.
Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0) · National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain) · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).
New Zealand80 records
- Christchurch City cemetery records 66
- Thames-Coromandel District cemetery records 7
- Other New Zealand records 7
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Ona Wilfred TuckerDied 1998, aged 74; buried at Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.
Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Mavis Winifred TuckerDied 1982, aged 80; buried at Fairhall Cemetery, Marlborough.
Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Joseph Henry TuckerBuried in 1897 at Shortland Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 53.
Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 80 records for Tucker in New Zealand.
Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Waimakariri District Council (CC BY 4.0) · Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).
France3 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Ada Regine TuckerBorn 1918 in Great Britain; died 2001 in Hesdin (Pas-de-Calais).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 1 of 3 records for Tucker in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tucker.
- Tsosie 5,255 · U.S. census
- Tu 9,230 · U.S. census
- Tua 296 · U.S. census
- Tubbs 12,828 · U.S. census
- Tucci 4,245 · U.S. census
- Tuck 10,018 · U.S. census
- Tudela 472 · U.S. census
- Tudor 5,877 · U.S. census
- Tuffin 100 · U.S. census
- Tugend 111 · U.S. census
- Tuggle 6,589 · U.S. census
- Tujague 158 · U.S. census
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