Tofte Surname

167,978th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,574 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Tofte Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tofte Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9871:367,23332,624
Norway5881:8,745926
Denmark5791:9,749913
Israel1731:49,4666,521
England851:655,50738,035
Sweden691:142,70710,073
Canada341:1,083,69479,951
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
France11:66,422,722504,397
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States541:929,97655,839

Tofte (41) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toftey9177/
Thofte9144/
Toftee9129/
Toftte9117/
Tofter912/
Toftet911/
Toffte911/
Toft8911,055/
Tofterå8332/
Tofts80803/
Tofft80246/
Thoft80176/
Tafte8041/
Tofta8027/
Øtoft8016/
Tofty8015/
Tefte808/
Tofti801/
Tovte801/
Tooft800/
Toftehøj7720/
Thooft73360/
Toftoy7374/
Høtoft7350/
Toftås735/
Tafteh734/
Toftsø733/
Toftøy732/
Tafter732/
Taftie731/
Tawfte731/
Toft's731/
Taafte731/
Toffta730/
Taffte730/
Toffts730/
Taft6714,314/
Tovt675,722/
T'Hooft67232/
Towt67118/
Tofthøj6729/
Tobt676/
'thooft672/
Toftova672/

Tofte Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tofte in the Arabic language
توفتtwft-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tofte
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