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Tithe Family History

Tithe Surname Meaning

Apparently from Middle English tithe ‘tithe tenth’ (Old English tēoða), perhaps denoting land subject to the payment of tithes.

Though this hardly seems a distinctive feature since most land was subject to such payment.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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