Tovey Surname

77,042nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,354 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Tovey Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Tofig' or Tovi. Tofig the Proud was Harold's forerunner in the foundation of Waltham. He appears in Florence as 'Danicus et praepotens vir Tovius, Pruda cognomento.' He signs himself in 1033 as 'Tovi Pruda.

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Tovey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,0621:18,1972,606
United States1,2431:291,60027,038
Australia8661:31,1734,146
Wales6481:4,776519
Canada2321:158,81716,066
New Zealand1041:43,5427,204
South Africa431:1,259,94770,377
Ireland271:174,4057,679
Scotland241:223,07611,507
Spain151:3,116,80265,296
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Jamaica81:358,7438,527
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
France71:9,488,960336,266
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
China41:341,830,39216,990
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,5481:15,7462,325
Wales2021:7,764491
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1551:323,99225,248

Tovey (73) may also be a first name.

Tovey Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Tofig' or Tovi. Tofig the Proud was Harold's forerunner in the foundation of Waltham. He appears in Florence as 'Danicus et praepotens vir Tovius, Pruda cognomento.' He signs himself in 1033 as 'Tovi Pruda.' His surname was needed to distinguish him from two namesakes: 'Tovi hwita' and 'Tovi rcada' (Freeman, History Norman Conq.). The name is found in Domesday as Tovi or Tovius. The personal name lingered on long enough to become hereditary as a surname. (2) Local . Evidently a Norman surname.

Berenger de Tovi, Lincolnshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

1583. William Tovye, Wiltshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1771. Married — Samuel Toovey and Mary Torr: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

V. Toovey.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Tovus, otherwise Tovi, came to England with the Conqueror, and acquired several manors in Norfolk. The name is found in Domesday as Tovi or Tovius.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Tovey Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tovey Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tovey (Russian: Товей) is most common in England. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Tovey click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tovey? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 77,042nd most frequent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,146,923 people. The surname Tovey is primarily found in Europe, where 60 percent of Tovey reside; 59 percent reside in Northern Europe and 59 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 1,134,117th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 73 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 3,062 people, or 1 in 18,197. In England Tovey is most prevalent in: Gloucestershire, where 18 percent are found, Greater London, where 11 percent are found and West Midlands, where 8 percent are found. Aside from England it exists in 38 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Australia, where 14 percent are found.

Tovey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tovey has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Tovey surname expanded 198 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 802 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 321 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 338 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tovey Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Tovey surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Tovey surname are 16.02% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.79% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Tovey earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 269.55% more than the national average, earning R 878,184 per year; in United States they earn 5.29% more than the national average, earning $45,430 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.64% more than the national average, earning $52,982 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toovey911,481/
Toveya916/
Toveye911/
Toveyo911/
Tovhey910/
Tove89387/
Tovy89249/
Tovieye832/
Tobey806,770/
Towey802,841/
Toves801,430/
Tovue80658/
Tover80318/
Touve80161/
Tavey80143/
Tovee80140/
Thove8093/
Tovez8058/
Toove8032/
Tovet8027/
Tovie8024/
Tovae8023/
Toovy8018/
Toive8018/
Tovay8014/
Tovoe807/
Tovei806/
Touvy806/
Tevey805/
Tovea805/
Toeve804/
Toivy802/
Thovy802/
Toviy801/
Tovoy801/
Toveh801/
Toyve801/
Tovhy800/
Thovheyi771/
Tohver73458/
Thotve73351/
Touvet73226/
Towhey7357/
Tompey7355/
Toover7335/
Tobeyi7325/
Tobgey7323/
Taveye7320/
Toveas7315/
Toeway7314/
Touvay7313/
Tobeya7310/
Tovysh737/
Toowey737/
Touver735/
Thoeve735/
Tovoeh735/
Tovuie735/
Toweya734/
Teveya734/
Touves733/
Toubey733/
Toivay733/
Tovhed733/
Teevey732/
Tovoya732/
Thovet732/
Httovy731/
Toewey731/
Toobey731/
Thobey731/
Toovie731/
Toweye731/
Tobeye731/
Toiveu731/
Touveh731/
Touwey731/
Tovaya731/
Toveha731/
Toveij731/
Taveya731/
Tovett730/
Thowey730/
Toweys730/
Tavhey730/
Tovhoy730/
Toiveyova716/
Tobe6711,653/
Toby6711,446/
Towe676,389/
Tova671,445/
Tave671,349/
Tovi671,184/
Toviyah67489/
Teve67349/
Thoubey6737/
Tavy6733/
Thouvay6718/
Tonpeyo6718/
Thovhei6712/
Thovoya679/
Toviyas676/
Tobeyas676/
Toubeyi676/
Towy675/
Toewaye674/
Touweye673/
Toubeya673/
Töve673/
Tewy672/
Thoviya671/
Towoeye671/
Tobeyah671/
Tobeyee671/
Touviya671/
Touvoue671/
Toubehy671/
Thovuya671/
D'Towey671/
Tobeyha671/
Toweiyo671/
Thobeyi671/
Thoover670/
Thompey670/

Tovey Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tovey in the Russian language
Товейtovej-

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