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Tunstall Name Meaning

English (mainly Lancashire): habitational name from any of various places called with Old English tūn-stall ‘site of a farm farmstead’ notably Tunstall (Lancashire) and one or more of many Staffordshire places (Tunstall near Stoke on Trent Tunstall near Adbaston and four places called Dunstall) but also Tunstall Farm in Mountfield (Sussex) and possibly also Tunstall (Durham Kent Norfolk Shropshire Suffolk east and North Yorkshire) and Dunstall (Lincolnshire).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Dunstan, Nuttall, Cundall, Udall, Benthall, Munsell, Minshall

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You can see how Tunstall families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Tunstall family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Tunstall families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1911 there were 9 Tunstall families living in British Columbia. This was about 47% of all the recorded Tunstall's in Canada. British Columbia had the highest population of Tunstall families in 1911.

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There are 35,000 census records available for the last name Tunstall. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Tunstall census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more.

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Passenger Lists

There are 3,000 immigration records available for the last name Tunstall. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in Canada, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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There are 5,000 military records available for the last name Tunstall. For the veterans among your Tunstall ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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Between 1942 and 2004, in the United States, Tunstall life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1942, and highest in 2002. The average life expectancy for Tunstall in 1942 was 30, and 70 in 2004.

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