The Tyner surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,819 people carried this name — #5,131 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 43,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 6,669 in 2000.

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In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 6 births for the Tyner name in 1890.

Most were registered in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 300 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

Leinster 4
Munster 2

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In print

Tyner in American newspapers,
1903.

Newspaper page from The Portland Daily Press carrying the name Tyner
The Portland Daily Press 1903-04-24
Newspaper page from The Semi-weekly Messenger carrying the name Tyner
The Semi-weekly Messenger 1903-04-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Tyner in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1950s.

1,940 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Tyner. The most, 776, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 4.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 1,641
South Australia 134
New South Wales 73
Queensland 40
Western Australia 32
Tasmania 18
ACT (Canberra) 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Tyner.

Who carried it

People named Tyner,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Noble Tyner
    James Noble Tyner 1826–1904 · politician
  • Rob Tyner
    Rob Tyner 1944–1991 · singer
  • Richard Tyner 1900–1958 · Anglican priest
  • Charles Tyner 1925–2017 · actor
  • McCoy Tyner 1938–2020 · composer
  • Wallace E. Tyner 1945–2019 · economist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Tyner,
in the records of 4 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 States462 records

462 records of the Tyner name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 243
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 93
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 54
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 38
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 16
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Robert Emmett Tyner

    Born 1947; from Jacksonville, Florida. U.S. Army, infantryman; died in an accident 1968 in South Vietnam. Buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Theodore Tyner

    Born 1915 in Florida. Enlisted 1940 at Montgomery, Alabama; farm hand from Okaloosa County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Live Oak Memorial Park, Crestview, Florida.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Harriet Tyner

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the New World from Liverpool, aged 24; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 462 records for Tyner 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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).

Australia42 records

42 records of the Tyner name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 18
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 18
  • Tasmanian Names Index 4
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Tyner

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Ocean Eagle, aged 30; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record James Tyner

    Gentleman of Camberwell, Victoria; died 1970.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Margaret Tyner

    Left George Town in 1843 aboard the Lowestoft, bound for Portland.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 42 records for Tyner 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). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Tyner name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William M. Tyner

    Died 1906; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record James E. Tyner

    Buried in 1929 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Clifford Tyner

    Died in service in 1916.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 5 records for Tyner in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Tyner name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Mary Louise Tyner

    In a population register; born 1904 in Chicago-Ver.Staten v.Amerika.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Enschede (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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Surnames next to Tyner.

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