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Early Origins of the Tutte family

The surname Tutte was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1219 when Richard and William Tutt held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Tutte family

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Tutte Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Tout, Tut, Tutt, Tute, Tutte, Toot, Toote, Toute and others.

Early Notables of the Tutte family

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Migration of the Tutte family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: settlers who were recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..


Contemporary Notables of the name Tutte (post 1700) +

  • William Thomas "Bill" Tutte OC FRS FRSC (1917-2002), English codebreaker and mathematician, known for his ground-breaking cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher during World War II and for his many eponymous Tutte algorithms
  • Andrew William Tutte (b. 1990), English professional footballer


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