Todd Surname

3,695th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152,011 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Todd Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Edward,' from the nick. Ted.

Todd Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States94,8021:3,823415
England24,1291:2,309295
Australia9,0341:2,988411
Canada6,9051:5,336778
Scotland4,4731:1,197201
New Zealand2,9891:1,515184
Northern Ireland1,7621:1,047206
South Africa1,2051:44,9615,745
Jamaica9661:2,971454
Wales6271:4,935534
Sri Lanka5121:40,6424,863
Dominican Republic4541:22,9801,485
Mexico3621:342,8907,291
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
Ireland2591:18,1811,956
Thailand2471:285,98549,226
Liberia2181:20,2232,038
Guyana2011:3,792689
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Puerto Rico1641:21,647746
Russia1451:993,95276,823
Germany1431:562,97546,225
Spain1401:333,94319,434
Bermuda1381:47363
Zimbabwe1361:113,51615,504
Barbados1051:2,738443
Bahamas1011:3,879433
France991:670,93786,003
Netherlands721:234,54430,714
Venezuela721:419,5018,522
Panama511:76,7113,213
Jersey491:2,025325
Nigeria471:3,768,995108,818
Trinidad and Tobago461:29,6523,073
Guernsey441:1,465311
India401:19,176,635286,670
Singapore391:141,2236,278
Belize361:9,8741,292
Belgium321:359,27039,406
Costa Rica311:154,1962,192
Norway291:177,32021,035
Brazil281:7,645,512174,288
China281:48,832,9132,633
Sweden281:351,67024,678
Malaysia251:1,179,76951,323
Philippines251:4,049,529157,830
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines201:5,633640
Greece191:583,14770,237
Israel181:475,42436,085
Malta181:23,9041,289
Belarus171:558,88650,306
Italy171:3,597,452102,597
Cyprus161:55,3055,325
Chile151:1,174,43221,998
Japan151:8,522,95344,380
Aruba141:7,3911,045
Denmark141:403,19427,097
Hong Kong141:523,9633,360
Austria121:709,62061,025
Finland121:458,05828,977
Czechia111:966,67976,885
Isle of Man111:7,8021,618
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Antigua and Barbuda91:11,0191,084
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Turks and Caicos Islands91:3,814352
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
Anguilla41:3,359324
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Ecuador41:3,976,46228,589
Jordan41:2,210,60920,372
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Suriname41:138,1547,029
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Cuba31:3,840,90513,116
Guatemala31:5,360,8898,925
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Saint Lucia31:59,5942,472
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Saint Kitts and Nevis21:27,6001,126
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,7121:2,588486
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11,7191:2,080304
Scotland3,4141:1,096192
Wales1111:14,130841
Isle of Man551:987156
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States17,7221:2,834319

Todd (552,315) may also be a first name.

Todd Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Edward,' from the nick. Ted.

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

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the tod,' i.e. the fox, which see, compare Todhunter, a North-English surname. Halliwell says, 'Tod, a fox, still in use'.

John le Tod, c. MOO. Writs of Parliament.

1575. Abraham Todde, of Newcastle: Register of the University of Oxford.

1597. Robert Baker and Jane Todd, widow: Marriage Lic. (London).

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

(Teutonic) 1 a nickname from the Fox [M. and Dialectal Northern English and scot. tod, a fox, a bush (the fox was called a tod from his brush): cp. Old Norse toddi (Dano-Norwegian tot), a tuft = Dutch tod, todde, a rag = Ger. zotte, a tuft] John le Tod.—Parl. Writs.

This tod, to rest him, he passit to ane craig . ..

Than [then] Tod Lowrie lukit quhair he couth lour [hide]—Henryson, Trial of the Fox.

My helpless lambs I trust them wi’ him; Oh, bid him save their harmless lives Fraedogs.an’ tods, an’ butchers’knives! Burns, Poor Mailie, 28-30.

2 Dweller at the Bush or Small Thicket [etym. as 1] At length within an yvie todde.—Spenser, Shep. Cal. (March).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Fox” in North of England.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(English) Dweller at the sign of the fox; one with some of the qualities of a fox.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

An archaic and provincial name of the fox. The expression "wily tod" occurs in the writings of Wickliffe, and the word is made use of by B. Jonson. Before fox-hunting became a fashionable sport, and when churchwardens, acting under the Statute of 24. Hen. VIII., were accustomed to pay "xijd. for the head of every foxe," a class of men gained a precarious livelihood by hunting foxes and lesser vermin, and obtained the designations Todhunter and Todman, both of which have become well-known surnames.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Tod, a Scotch word for a fox.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

(English), Fox, also Bush. Todhunter, Fox-hunter.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

From the Old Norse, Todda; nickname from the Dutch, Tode; from the Danish, Thode; in the Domesday Book, Todi, Toti; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Todd Last Name Facts

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

The last name Todd (Hindi: टोड, Russian: Тодд) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Todd? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,695th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,941 people. Todd occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Todd live; 66 percent live in North America and 65 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,807th most numerous forename internationally, borne by 552,315 people.

The surname Todd is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 94,802 people, or 1 in 3,823. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 8 percent live, Texas, where 8 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Beside The United States this last name is found in 135 countries. It also occurs in England, where 16 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

Todd Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Todd has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Todd surname increased 535 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 206 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 131 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 565 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 85 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Todd Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Todd surname is chiefly Presbyterian (59%) in Ireland, Orthodox (91%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Todd last name are 15.92% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.69% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Todd earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 17.04% more than the national average, earning 405,060 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 59.98% more than the national average, earning R 380,172 per year; in United States they earn 3.34% less than the national average, earning $41,709 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.41% more than the national average, earning $51,872 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Todds8952/
Toodd892/
Thodd891/
Tod863,767/
D'Todd801/
Tottdd801/
Todd's801/
Todt754,814/
Tadd75505/
Tood75161/
Todh7584/
Toid7583/
Toud7574/
Tudd7544/
Thod7518/
Tuod7515/
Tods758/
Toed753/
Toyd752/
Todp752/
Dtod751/
Tohd751/
Todë751/
Todz751/
Toddová735/
Toddova731/
To67488,234/
Todte67335/
Toedt67204/
Todts67165/
Thodt6786/
Todtz6770/
Toudt6728/
Thadd6712/
Thoud676/
Thodh673/
Thoid673/
Tohdt671/
Thotd671/
Toyds671/
Dtoud671/
Tadds670/

Todd Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Todd in the Hindi language
टोडtoda-
Todd in the Russian language
Тоддtodd-

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