Tatersall Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Behind the Tatersall surname stands Tattersall, an English name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way. The name is usually explained as “from Tattershall, in Lincolnshire”. Without the “t” of Tattersall, Tatersall is a simpler written form of the same name. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Related forms: Tattershall.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Tatersall, so the heraldry linked to Tattersall is a starting point, not an automatic right. Research your Tatersall family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.