The Tyler surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 62,534 people carried this name — #477 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,310 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 55 people named Tyler.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Tyler live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zug.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Tyler in American newspapers,
1896–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 937,262 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Tyler,
with a public archive behind them.
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William Tyler 1728–1801 · architect -
William Tyler 1806–1849 · Catholic priest -
William Seymour Tyler 1810–1897 · historian -
Robert Tyler 1816–1877 · journalist -
Robert O. Tyler 1831–1874 · military officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 311 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tyler.
- Turri 460 · U.S. census
- Turrin 213 · U.S. census
- Tusch 134 · U.S. census
- Tussing 851 · U.S. census
- Tuszynski 373 · U.S. census
- Twardowski 915 · U.S. census
- Ubeda 256 · U.S. census
- Uberti 252 · U.S. census
- Udo 304 · U.S. census
- Ugarte 2,415 · U.S. census
- Ugo 176 · U.S. census
- Ugolini 297 · U.S. census
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