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Early Origins of the Tice family

The surname Tice was first found in Hampshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Tice family

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Tice Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Tice, Tece, Teece, Tyce, Tees, Teese, Tyse and others.

Early Notables of the Tice family

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Tice Ranking

In the United States, the name Tice is the 3,659th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. [1]


United States Tice migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Tice Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Hanna Tice, who landed in Virginia in 1654 [2]
Tice Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • John Tice settlend Maryland in 1774
  • Johan Christian Tice, who landed in New York in 1784 [2]
Tice Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Andrew Tice, who landed in New York, NY in 1816 [2]
  • John J Tice, who arrived in Somerset County, Pennsylvania in 1851 [2]
  • J Tice, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1855 [2]

Canada Tice migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Tice Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Capt. Gilbert Tice U.E. who settled in Home District [York County], Ontario c. 1786 he served in the Indian Department, married [3]

Contemporary Notables of the name Tice (post 1700) +

  • George Tice (b. 1938), American photographer
  • John Kevin Tice (b. 1960), American football coach and former tight end
  • Russell D. Tice (b. 1961), former intelligence analyst for the U.S. Air Force
  • Michael Peter Tice (b. 1959), American football National Football League coach
  • Douglas Tice, accomplished American lawyer, and Robert Teece, an prominent city official in Randolph, Massachusetts
  • Robbie Tice (b. 1990), Canadian soccer player
  • Richard Ian "Rico" Tice (b. 1966), British Anglican churchman and writer
  • James Tice Phillips, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1940 [4]


Suggested Readings for the name Tice +

  • Family History of John V. Tice, Including His Immediate Ancestors and His Descendants by Crist Swartzentruber.
  • The Tice Families in America: Theis, Thyssen, Tyssen, Deis by James Strode Elston.

  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
  4. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 21) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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