Tyndall: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

In old registers, Tyndall often stands in for Tindall. Name scholars give the meaning as “Someone from Tynedale in Northumberland”.

• The 2010 US Census counted 4,786 people named Tyndall, ranking it number 6,999 among American surnames. It sits among the 10,000 most common last names in the country.
• Spelled with “y” instead of “i”, Tyndall shows how the same name was heard and written differently.
• The same family of names includes Tyndale, Tindal and Tindill.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Tindall and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Tyndall family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.