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 surname Toftner is found in Norway more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Toftner? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,385,851st most prevalent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. Toftner 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.

It is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 65,927. In Norway it is most common in: Eastern Norway, where 97 percent are found, Central Norway, where 1 percent are found and Western Norway, where 1 percent are found. Besides Norway this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common 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 increased 738 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Toftner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Toftner are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered with 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
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  • 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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