Toftner Surname

1,385,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Toftner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Toftner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway781:65,9279,320
United States591:6,143,372295,589
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Toftner Last Name Facts

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

The last name Toftner is carried by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Toftner? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,385,851st most commonly held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 59 percent of Toftner are found; 59 percent are found in Northern Europe and 59 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most commonly held in Norway, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 65,927. In Norway Toftner is most prevalent in: Eastern Norway, where 97 percent are found, Central Norway, where 1 percent are found and Western Norway, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Norway this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 37 percent are found and Sweden, where 9 percent are found.

Toftner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Toftner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Toftner last name rose 738 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Toftner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Toftner surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Toftner earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 10.7% less than the national average, earning 309,035 kr per year and in United States they earn 17.36% more than the national average, earning $50,638 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thoftne8667/
Toftnes866/
Tuftner861/
Toftness80118/
Thoftney802/
Duftner71124/
Daftner715/
Tohftunnir711/
Daftanari501/

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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 Toftner
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