Find out how popular the last name Tinklepaugh is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Tinklepaugh.

Tinklepaugh, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Tinklepaugh surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Tinklepaugh in America

Tinklepaugh is the 68345th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Tinklepaugh surname appeared 288 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Tinklepaugh.

We can also compare 2010 data for Tinklepaugh to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Tinklepaugh

The surname Tinklepaugh has its origins in the Germanic regions of central Europe, emerging sometime in the late medieval period. It is believed to have derived from a combination of old German words 'tink' meaning a small bell or chime, and 'baugh' referring to a ridge or hill. This suggests the name may have originated from a place name describing a settlement situated on a hillside known for the sound of bells or chimes.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in a 14th century manuscript from the Rhineland region, where a farmer named Heinrich Tinkelbaugh is mentioned as a landholder. There are also records from the 16th century of a merchant family by the name of Tincklpaw operating out of the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg.

As the name spread across German-speaking lands, it underwent various spelling variations such as Tinkelbach, Tinkelpauch, and Tinckelpaugh. These different spellings can be found in church registries and tax records from places like Saxony, Bavaria, and Swabia throughout the 17th and 18th centuries.

One notable individual bearing this surname was Johann Tinckelpaugh (1692-1768), a master locksmith from Augsburg who is credited with developing innovative security mechanisms for safes and vaults that were highly sought after by European nobility and wealthy merchants of his time.

Another prominent figure was Friedrich Tinklepaugh (1815-1891), a Lutheran theologian and professor at the University of Tübingen, who published extensively on biblical exegesis and the history of Protestant reformation.

In the 19th century, as German immigration to the United States increased, several individuals with the surname Tinklepaugh or variations of it can be found settling in places like Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Wisconsin. One such immigrant was Wilhelm Tinklepaugh (1832-1912), who arrived in Milwaukee in 1856 and went on to establish a successful brewing company.

Anna Tinklepaugh (1879-1963), born in Cincinnati to German immigrant parents, was a pioneering female architect who designed several notable buildings in the American Midwest during the early 20th century.

Hans Tinklepaugh (1901-1975), a German-American artist and sculptor, gained recognition for his abstract expressionist works and had several exhibitions in major galleries across the United States and Europe.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Tinklepaugh

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Tinklepaugh.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Tinklepaugh was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Tinklepaugh has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Tinklepaugh was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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