Told Surname

757,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 378 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Told Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Told Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria1941:43,8947,032
United States581:6,249,292299,206
Hungary481:204,50617,202
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
Serbia91:793,88326,061
Slovakia81:667,05668,191
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:1,619,95885,073

The alternate forms: Tõld (8) are calculated separately.

Told (22) may also be a first name.

Told Last Name Facts

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

The surname Told (Russian: Толд) is found most in Austria. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Tõld. Click here for other possible spellings of Told.

How Common Is The Last Name Told? popularity and diffusion

It is the 757,040th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 19,279,222 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Told live; 58 percent live in Western Europe and 57 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 22 people.

The surname Told is most commonly held in Austria, where it is borne by 194 people, or 1 in 43,894. In Austria it is most prevalent in: Tyrol, where 88 percent live, Vienna, where 7 percent live and Lower Austria, where 5 percent live. Barring Austria this last name occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent live and Hungary, where 13 percent live.

Told Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Told has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Told surname expanded 187 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Told Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Told last name are 7.78% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.55% registered with the political party.

Told earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 30.01% more than the national average, earning $56,100 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tõld928/
Toldt8951/
Thold8918/
Toldd8916/
Tolds8910/
Tould894/
Toyld891/
Tol8623,484/
Thould80162/
Toldte8012/
Toulds800/
Tole7513,310/
Toll757,819/
Tool751,358/
Toul75817/
Thol75707/
Tohl75327/
Tuol75195/
Toil7581/
Tolp7558/
Tolh7543/
Tolt7524/
Tosl7524/
Totl756/
Tald755/
Tgol751/
Tuld750/
Toldova7353/
Toldová738/
Thole6730,767/
Toole6713,747/
Tolle677,585/
Tholl671,702/
Thool67942/
Toyle67648/
Toule67471/
Totel67421/
Tholt67180/
Tosel67178/
Totil67114/
Toltz6795/
Tolth6789/
Toull6762/
Togli6762/
Toile6760/
Tohul6759/
Tosil6759/
Htoil6752/
Thoil6749/
Tocel6714/
Tolts6714/
Thoul6713/
Tolhh6713/
Tolcz6711/
Tocil679/
Tuole679/
Tolhe676/
Taldt676/
Tollehed675/
Tolte675/
Thotl675/
Tolph675/
Tottl674/
Tooll674/
Toulh674/
Ttotl673/
Htole672/
Totlt672/
Toucheld672/
Thuol672/
Toill671/
Totlh671/
Toltt671/
Toohl671/
Thuld671/
Tohyl671/
Tousl671/
Toldtová671/
Toisl671/
Tosle671/
Tulds670/
Tuldz670/
Toult670/
Thoyl670/

Told Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Told in the Russian language
Толдtold-

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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 Told
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