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The tully Surname

tully Name Meaning and History

  1. Irish (Ulster): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Taithligh ‘descendant of Taithleach’, a byname meaning ‘quiet’, ‘peaceable’.
  2. Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maol Tuile ‘descendant of the devotee of the will of God’ (from toil ‘will of God’).
  3. Scottish: habitational name from any of various places called Tullo in eastern Scotland.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The tully name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the tully family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of tully Families in the US in 1920
Number of tully families
 187-372
 63-186		 1-62
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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