Tally Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

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The meaning behind Tally

Many Tally families will find their roots under Talley, the form most records use. The family name meaning is “End of the lakes”, the same as for Talley.

Tally drops the “e” of Talley, a simplification that clerks often made. Tally ranked 12,683 in the 2010 US Census, with 2,435 people answering to the name. French birth records list 152 children named Tally between 1891 and 2000. Tally sounds close to Tully, so it can help to search both.

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