Todd Surname
Approximately 152,011 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 94,802 | 1:3,823 | 415 |
| England | 24,129 | 1:2,309 | 295 |
| Australia | 9,034 | 1:2,988 | 411 |
| Canada | 6,905 | 1:5,336 | 778 |
| Scotland | 4,473 | 1:1,197 | 201 |
| New Zealand | 2,989 | 1:1,515 | 184 |
| Northern Ireland | 1,762 | 1:1,047 | 206 |
| South Africa | 1,205 | 1:44,961 | 5,745 |
| Jamaica | 966 | 1:2,971 | 454 |
| Wales | 627 | 1:4,935 | 534 |
| Sri Lanka | 512 | 1:40,642 | 4,863 |
| Dominican Republic | 454 | 1:22,980 | 1,485 |
| Mexico | 362 | 1:342,890 | 7,291 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Ireland | 259 | 1:18,181 | 1,956 |
| Thailand | 247 | 1:285,985 | 49,226 |
| Liberia | 218 | 1:20,223 | 2,038 |
| Guyana | 201 | 1:3,792 | 689 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Puerto Rico | 164 | 1:21,647 | 746 |
| Russia | 145 | 1:993,952 | 76,823 |
| Germany | 143 | 1:562,975 | 46,225 |
| Spain | 140 | 1:333,943 | 19,434 |
| Bermuda | 138 | 1:473 | 63 |
| Zimbabwe | 136 | 1:113,516 | 15,504 |
| Barbados | 105 | 1:2,738 | 443 |
| Bahamas | 101 | 1:3,879 | 433 |
| France | 99 | 1:670,937 | 86,003 |
| Netherlands | 72 | 1:234,544 | 30,714 |
| Venezuela | 72 | 1:419,501 | 8,522 |
| Panama | 51 | 1:76,711 | 3,213 |
| Jersey | 49 | 1:2,025 | 325 |
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 46 | 1:29,652 | 3,073 |
| Guernsey | 44 | 1:1,465 | 311 |
| India | 40 | 1:19,176,635 | 286,670 |
| Singapore | 39 | 1:141,223 | 6,278 |
| Belize | 36 | 1:9,874 | 1,292 |
| Belgium | 32 | 1:359,270 | 39,406 |
| Costa Rica | 31 | 1:154,196 | 2,192 |
| Norway | 29 | 1:177,320 | 21,035 |
| Brazil | 28 | 1:7,645,512 | 174,288 |
| China | 28 | 1:48,832,913 | 2,633 |
| Sweden | 28 | 1:351,670 | 24,678 |
| Malaysia | 25 | 1:1,179,769 | 51,323 |
| Philippines | 25 | 1:4,049,529 | 157,830 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20 | 1:5,633 | 640 |
| Greece | 19 | 1:583,147 | 70,237 |
| Israel | 18 | 1:475,424 | 36,085 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| Belarus | 17 | 1:558,886 | 50,306 |
| Italy | 17 | 1:3,597,452 | 102,597 |
| Cyprus | 16 | 1:55,305 | 5,325 |
| Chile | 15 | 1:1,174,432 | 21,998 |
| Japan | 15 | 1:8,522,953 | 44,380 |
| Aruba | 14 | 1:7,391 | 1,045 |
| Denmark | 14 | 1:403,194 | 27,097 |
| Hong Kong | 14 | 1:523,963 | 3,360 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Isle of Man | 11 | 1:7,802 | 1,618 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 9 | 1:11,019 | 1,084 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 9 | 1:3,814 | 352 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Anguilla | 4 | 1:3,359 | 324 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1:3,976,462 | 28,589 |
| Jordan | 4 | 1:2,210,609 | 20,372 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Cuba | 3 | 1:3,840,905 | 13,116 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1:5,360,889 | 8,925 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Saint Lucia | 3 | 1:59,594 | 2,472 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | 1:27,600 | 1,126 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1,712 | 1:2,588 | 486 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11,719 | 1:2,080 | 304 |
| Scotland | 3,414 | 1:1,096 | 192 |
| Wales | 111 | 1:14,130 | 841 |
| Isle of Man | 55 | 1:987 | 156 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17,722 | 1:2,834 | 319 |
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.
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).
(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).
“Fox” in North of England.
(English) Dweller at the sign of the fox; one with some of the qualities of a fox.
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.
Tod, a Scotch word for a fox.
(English), Fox, also Bush. Todhunter, Fox-hunter.
From the Old Norse, Todda; nickname from the Dutch, Tode; from the Danish, Thode; in the Domesday Book, Todi, Toti; a personal name.
Todd Demographics
Average Todd Salary in
United States
$41,709 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todds | 89 | 52 | / |
| Toodd | 89 | 2 | / |
| Thodd | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tod | 86 | 3,767 | / |
| D'Todd | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tottdd | 80 | 1 | / |
| Todd's | 80 | 1 | / |
| Todt | 75 | 4,814 | / |
| Tadd | 75 | 505 | / |
| Tood | 75 | 161 | / |
| Todh | 75 | 84 | / |
| Toid | 75 | 83 | / |
| Toud | 75 | 74 | / |
| Tudd | 75 | 44 | / |
| Thod | 75 | 18 | / |
| Tuod | 75 | 15 | / |
| Tods | 75 | 8 | / |
| Toed | 75 | 3 | / |
| Toyd | 75 | 2 | / |
| Todp | 75 | 2 | / |
| Dtod | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tohd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Todë | 75 | 1 | / |
| Todz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Toddová | 73 | 5 | / |
| Toddova | 73 | 1 | / |
| To | 67 | 488,234 | / |
| Todte | 67 | 335 | / |
| Toedt | 67 | 204 | / |
| Todts | 67 | 165 | / |
| Thodt | 67 | 86 | / |
| Todtz | 67 | 70 | / |
| Toudt | 67 | 28 | / |
| Thadd | 67 | 12 | / |
| Thoud | 67 | 6 | / |
| Thodh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Thoid | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tohdt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thotd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toyds | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dtoud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tadds | 67 | 0 | / |
Todd Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Todd in the Hindi language | ||
| टोड | toda | - |
| Todd in the Russian language | ||
| Тодд | todd | - |
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