Tofte Surname
Approximately 2,574 people bear this surname
Tofte Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 987 | 1:367,233 | 32,624 |
| Norway | 588 | 1:8,745 | 926 |
| Denmark | 579 | 1:9,749 | 913 |
| Israel | 173 | 1:49,466 | 6,521 |
| England | 85 | 1:655,507 | 38,035 |
| Sweden | 69 | 1:142,707 | 10,073 |
| Canada | 34 | 1:1,083,694 | 79,951 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 54 | 1:929,976 | 55,839 |
Tofte (41) may also be a first name.
Tofte Demographics
Tofte Political Affiliation
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Tofte Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tofte Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tofte (Arabic: توفت) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Tofte click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tofte? popularity and diffusion
Tofte is the 167,978th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,831,214 people. The last name Tofte occurs mostly in Europe, where 53 percent of Tofte are found; 51 percent are found in Northern Europe and 48 percent are found in Scandinavia. It is also the 1,590,275th most numerous first name globally, borne by 41 people.
This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 987 people, or 1 in 367,233. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Minnesota, where 12 percent reside, North Dakota, where 11 percent reside and Wisconsin, where 10 percent reside. Apart from The United States it occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 23 percent reside and Denmark, where 22 percent reside.
Tofte Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Tofte has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tofte last name grew 1,828 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 4,250 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Tofte Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Tofte last name are 3.5% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 56.73% registered with the political party.
The amount Tofte earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 6.21% less than the national average, earning 324,591 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 67.26% less than the national average, earning R 77,796 per year; in United States they earn 3.35% more than the national average, earning $44,593 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.88% more than the national average, earning $57,075 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toftey | 91 | 77 | / |
| Thofte | 91 | 44 | / |
| Toftee | 91 | 29 | / |
| Toftte | 91 | 17 | / |
| Tofter | 91 | 2 | / |
| Toftet | 91 | 1 | / |
| Toffte | 91 | 1 | / |
| Toft | 89 | 11,055 | / |
| Tofterå | 83 | 32 | / |
| Tofts | 80 | 803 | / |
| Tofft | 80 | 246 | / |
| Thoft | 80 | 176 | / |
| Tafte | 80 | 41 | / |
| Tofta | 80 | 27 | / |
| Øtoft | 80 | 16 | / |
| Tofty | 80 | 15 | / |
| Tefte | 80 | 8 | / |
| Tofti | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tovte | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tooft | 80 | 0 | / |
| Toftehøj | 77 | 20 | / |
| Thooft | 73 | 360 | / |
| Toftoy | 73 | 74 | / |
| Høtoft | 73 | 50 | / |
| Toftås | 73 | 5 | / |
| Tafteh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Toftsø | 73 | 3 | / |
| Toftøy | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tafter | 73 | 2 | / |
| Taftie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tawfte | 73 | 1 | / |
| Toft's | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taafte | 73 | 1 | / |
| Toffta | 73 | 0 | / |
| Taffte | 73 | 0 | / |
| Toffts | 73 | 0 | / |
| Taft | 67 | 14,314 | / |
| Tovt | 67 | 5,722 | / |
| T'Hooft | 67 | 232 | / |
| Towt | 67 | 118 | / |
| Tofthøj | 67 | 29 | / |
| Tobt | 67 | 6 | / |
| 'thooft | 67 | 2 | / |
| Toftova | 67 | 2 | / |
Tofte Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tofte in the Arabic language | ||
| توفت | twft | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tofte
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