Tutor
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Tutor is a surname, most frequently recorded in the United States. It appears chiefly in English and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: From Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur (French tuteur), from Latin tūtor (“a watcher, protector, guardian”), from tueor (“protect”); see tuition.
- PHPhilippines1 in 14K◐
- ESSpain1 in 112K
- USUnited States1 in 171K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin●
- Middle Englishtutour●
- Old FrenchtuteurFrench tuteur●
- Latintūtor“a watcher“a watcher, protector, guardian”●
- Latin roottueor“protect”●
From Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur (French tuteur), from Latin tūtor (“a watcher, protector, guardian”), from tueor (“protect”); see tuition.
Sources 1
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| US United States | 15,470 | 42% |
| PH Philippines | 14,155 | 39% |
| ES Spain | 1,889 | 5% |
| GB United Kingdom | 802 | 2% |
| AR Argentina | 781 | 2% |
≈33,097 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English32K88%
- Spanish2.8K8%
- Catalan4281%
- Polish2221%
- Indonesian1131%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 32,022 | 88% |
| Spanish | 2,822 | 8% |
| Catalan | 428 | 1% |
| Polish | 222 | 1% |
| Indonesian | 113 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Notable people with this name●
- Ronald Tutorb. 1940USAmerican businessman
- Ana Tutorb. 1946ESSpanish politician
- Ángel Ceñab. 1967ESnot in their usual nameSpanish politician
- Daisye Tutoractress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 12 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.3K | #13,483 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.2K | #12,803 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.1K | #13,928 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 428 | #9,045 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 428 | #9,041 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 91 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 4 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 4 | #244,149 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 3 | #81,861 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames (Census 2010 + voter-file supplement) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-06 data build · 10 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Tutor?
- Our records include 33,097 bearers of Tutor across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Tutor have the most bearers?
- Tutor is most frequently recorded in the United States.
- What does the name Tutor mean?
- Recorded meaning: From Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur (French tuteur), from Latin tūtor (“a watcher, protector, guardian”), from tueor (“protect”); see tuition.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tutor”. Data snapshot 2026-08-31.