Toften Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Toften Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 203 | 1:25,331 | 3,400 |
| United States | 46 | 1:7,879,542 | 351,394 |
| Sweden | 27 | 1:364,695 | 25,646 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
The alternate forms: Toftén (26) & Töften (1) are calculated separately.
Toften Demographics
Toften Political Affiliation
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Toften Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Toften Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Toften occurs in Norway more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Toftén or Töften. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Toften? popularity and diffusion
It is the 914,967th most frequently held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 25,129,469 people. Toften occurs predominantly in Europe, where 81 percent of Toften reside; 81 percent reside in Northern Europe and 81 percent reside in Scandinavia.
This surname is most frequent in Norway, where it is held by 203 people, or 1 in 25,331. In Norway Toften is mostly concentrated in: Northern Norway, where 43 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 33 percent are found and Southern Norway, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Norway this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent are found and Sweden, where 9 percent are found.
Toften Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Toften surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.43% being registered with the political party.
The amount Toften earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 5.47% more than the national average, earning 365,016 kr per year; in United States they earn 13.62% less than the national average, earning $37,272 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.55% more than the national average, earning $66,351 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toftén | 94 | 26 | / |
| Töften | 94 | 1 | / |
| Tofteng | 92 | 173 | / |
| Toftin | 83 | 6 | / |
| Towten | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tofting | 77 | 187 | / |
| Thoftne | 77 | 67 | / |
| Tofftén | 77 | 35 | / |
| Tofftin | 77 | 29 | / |
| Towthen | 77 | 0 | / |
| Tovtienė | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tovtyn | 67 | 1,134 | / |
| Tabten | 67 | 143 | / |
| Tovtin | 67 | 87 | / |
| Taftin | 67 | 24 | / |
| Thaftn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tevten | 67 | 1 | / |
| Towtyn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tewten | 67 | 1 | / |
| Towtýn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tovtina | 62 | 63 | / |
| Tovtyna | 62 | 24 | / |
| Taftina | 62 | 6 | / |
| Tawteen | 62 | 1 | / |
| Towtýnová | 53 | 2 | / |
| Tovtinova | 53 | 1 | / |
| Tavtyn | 50 | 44 | / |
| Tavtin | 50 | 12 | / |
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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 Toften
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