Toliver Surname

56,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,001 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Toliver Surname Definition:

(Italian) One who cut iron, or a worker in iron.

Toliver Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,8081:41,1515,051
Canada691:533,99444,923
Philippines501:2,024,764119,725
Liberia281:157,44811,209
Japan71:18,263,47047,869
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9351:25,9533,192

Toliver (144) may also be a first name.

Toliver Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Italian) One who cut iron, or a worker in iron.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Toliver Last Name Facts

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

The last name Toliver is most common in The United States. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Toliver? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 56,344th most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 809,637 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Toliver live; 81 percent live in North America and 81 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 769,375th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 144 people.

The last name Toliver is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 8,808 people, or 1 in 41,151. In The United States Toliver is most numerous in: Texas, where 22 percent reside, Illinois, where 6 percent reside and Virginia, where 5 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 26 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent reside and The Philippines, where 1 percent reside.

Toliver Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Toliver has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 455 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Toliver Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Toliver surname are 1.99% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.22% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Toliver earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 13.03% less than the national average, earning $37,526 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.9% less than the national average, earning $49,238 CAD per year.

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Toliver Reference & Research

Tolliver DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Tolliver FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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