Last Name TUNSTILL

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of Tunstall, parishes in dioceses Canterbury, Lichfield, York, Manchester, and Norwich; also as Townstall in diocese Exeter. Tunstall, thirteen miles from Lancaster, is the parent of the Lancashire Tunstalls.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 69,636 (2000 US census)
Count 263 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 58.94%, or 155 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 38.4%, or 101 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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