Tinker is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Tinker
No. of characters: 6
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Tinker

How popular is Tinker?

Tinker is common in England.

Tinker is ranked 41322 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Tinker bearers increased by 6.663276 per cent in 2010 US census to 6291 since 2000, the surname slipped by 95 spots and ranked at 5525. The last name was found in around 21 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 78.4 79.64
Black 12.73 13.46
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.56 3.05
Others 2.51 1.76
Hispanic or Latino 2.19 1.61
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.6 0.47
Tinker is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while The Bahamas is ahead in terms of density. Around 11805 people have been found who wears Tinker as their family name. Tinker is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,072 China7
122,390 Belarus4
3,340 Jamaica3
108,034 Italy3
90,215 Germany3
18,625 Japan2
18,718 Thailand2
6,103 Cyprus2
10,958 Bangladesh1
7,191 Afghanistan1
25,721 Egypt1
53,033 Nigeria1
3,350 Fiji1
1,254 Gibraltar1
118,015 Netherlands1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
5,553 Taiwan1
66,560 Philippines1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
29,774 Venezuela1
42,479 Greece1
58,885 Poland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
4,813 Hong Kong47
198,575 Russia46
7,279 Wales45
9,620 Singapore30
42,407 Sweden22
50,826 Zimbabwe19
14,048 Ireland16
83,233 Spain16
202,099 Ukraine14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,075 Brazil64
8,082 Scotland59
Countries with hundreds of Tinker:
5,623 Australia525
12,297 South Africa511
9,363 Canada428
215 The Bahamas251
5,186 New Zealand147
2,754 Panama114
27,127 Mexico105
161,127 India101
Countries with thousands of Tinker:
5,377 United States7,364
4,166 England1,791
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 20 years old mechanic Jas. Tinker who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on June 24, 1847 by Europe put out from Liverpool.

Tinker Namesakes

  • Anthea Tinker, Author
  • Anthea Tinker, Author
  • HP Tinker, Short story writer
  • Carson Tinker, Football long snapper
  • LaMarcus Tinker, Actor
  • LaMarcus Tinker, Actor
  • Grant Tinker, Enterpriser
  • Joe Tinker, Baseball player
  • LaMarcus Tinker, Actor
  • Mercia Tinker, Rex Harrison's wife
  • Thomas Tinker played pivotal character of Thomas in 2016 comedy film Press.

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