Tally is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Tally
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Tally

How popular is Tally?

Tally is common in United States.

Tally is ranked 110208 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Tally bearers increased by 8.753908 per cent in 2010 US census to 2435 since 2000, the surname slipped by 10 spots and ranked at 12683. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 77.17 76.86
Black 15.77 17.82
Hispanic or Latino 3.04 2.68
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
1.48 0.36
Others 1.31 1.07
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.23 1.21
Tally is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Marshall Islands. Around 3710 people have been found who wears Tally as their family name. Tally is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
381,097 Ukraine4
1,520 Marshall Islands4
27,602 Nigeria4
720,003 Russia4
941 Liberia3
14,193 Egypt3
5,909 Bangladesh3
4,529 Mauritius3
67,494 South Africa3
12,844 Pakistan2
54,641 Sweden2
40,256 Mexico2
21,529 Singapore2
11,224 Cameroon2
20,186 Kenya2
89,020 Tanzania2
20,595 China2
38,063 Mauritania1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
13,606 Senegal1
151,601 Spain1
18,969 Wales1
8,859 Iraq1
31,207 Ireland1
49,529 Israel1
24,771 Colombia1
16,073 Latvia1
16,228 Bulgaria1
118,015 Netherlands1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
66,560 Philippines1
24,176 Qatar1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
7,895 South Korea1
573 Vanuatu1
172,258 Germany1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
43,662 Belgium30
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
80,121 Australia20
3,125 Nicaragua20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
41,664 Canada76
193,140 India75
133,875 France61
64,420 England54
Countries with hundreds of Tally:
3,873 Guatemala246
4,859 Jordan185
57,815 Indonesia155
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
Countries with thousands of Tally:
13,503 United States2,545
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Peter Tally worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 14 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Great Britain and arrived on April 5, 1849. 23 years old Michal Tally, 20 years old Coleman Tally, Spinster Honora Tally, 12 years old William Tally, Richard Tally, Margt. Tally, aged 50, 24 years old Law. Tally, Bridget Tally, aged 24, and 3 other Tally around 62.5% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster migrated to US from Liverpool, Galway and Limerick.

Tally Namesakes

  • Ted Tally, Playwright
  • Ted Tally, Playwright
  • Thomas Lincoln Tally, Movie producer
  • William Tally, Engineer
  • Ted Tally, Playwright
  • Mirjam Tally, Composer
  • Harry Tally, Singer
  • Tom Tally, Musical Artist
  • William Tally, Engineer
  • Thomas Lincoln Tally, Movie producer

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