Toll Surname

64,024th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,819 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden

Toll Surname Definition:

(Anglo-Hebrew) a diminutive of Bartholomew, q.v. (English) Dweller at a Toll-House; metonymic for Toller, q.v. [Old English toll, toll, toll-house]

Toll Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,4391:105,39711,574
Australia8341:32,3694,285
Germany7521:107,05513,230
Sweden5181:19,0091,596
England4131:134,91113,250
Canada3751:98,25510,681
South Africa2771:195,58721,102
Poland2541:149,64121,405
Spain1961:238,53115,520
Italy1171:522,70751,899
Netherlands991:170,57824,763
Brazil621:3,452,81297,678
Hungary581:169,24614,882
Liberia471:93,7997,591
Estonia461:28,7355,267
Russia461:3,133,110167,157
France441:1,509,607143,950
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Trinidad and Tobago301:45,4664,095
Austria251:340,61736,996
Argentina191:2,249,653107,269
Cuba171:677,8075,957
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Israel121:713,13647,700
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Norway121:428,52437,411
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
Panama101:391,2268,067
India51:153,413,076951,030
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Kazakhstan31:5,894,165166,702
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Malta11:430,2723,380
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4601:52,9906,373
Scotland621:60,3743,814
Guernsey31:10,8851,562
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5991:83,8388,752

The alternate forms: Tõll (46) are calculated separately.

Toll (118) may also be a first name.

Toll Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Anglo-Hebrew) a diminutive of Bartholomew, q.v. (English) Dweller at a Toll-House; metonymic for Toller, q.v. [Old English toll, toll, toll-house]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Toll, a pet form of Bartholomew (son of Talmai, furrow); dweller, or collector, at a tollhouse.

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

1. A grove of lofty trees; a holt. 2. Toli, an Anglo-Saxon personal name.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From toll, a hole. There are several places in Cornwall compounded of toll; as Tolcarn, Tolgarrick, Tolgullow, Tolvan, &c.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Osbert Thol, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae).

The Norman People (1874)

From the Swedish-German-Dutch, Toll; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Toll Last Name Facts

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

The last name Toll (Russian: Толль) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Tõll. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Toll? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 64,024th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 932,030 people. Toll occurs mostly in The Americas, where 48 percent of Toll reside; 45 percent reside in North America and 45 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 859,937th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 118 people.

This last name is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 3,439 people, or 1 in 105,397. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 10 percent are found, Florida, where 8 percent are found and Maryland, where 5 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name exists in 54 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 11 percent are found and Germany, where 10 percent are found.

Toll Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Toll has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Toll surname increased 574 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 10 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 81 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Toll Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Toll surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Toll surname are 7.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.67% registered with the political party.

The amount Toll earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 4.79% more than the national average, earning 362,665 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 42.2% less than the national average, earning R 137,364 per year; in United States they earn 9.56% more than the national average, earning $47,276 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.48% more than the national average, earning $53,398 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tõll9246/
Tolle897,585/
Tholl891,702/
Toull8962/
Toell8928/
Tooll894/
Toill891/
Tol8623,484/
Tholle80188/
Toulle8066/
Tosill809/
Totell803/
Tosell801/
Totill801/
Ttolle801/
Thoell801/
Tuolle801/
Toille801/
Tall75156,427/
Tole7513,310/
Tull7511,521/
Tool751,358/
Toel75831/
Toul75817/
Thol75707/
Told75378/
Tohl75327/
Tuol75195/
Toil7581/
Tüll7560/
Tolp7558/
Táll7551/
Tolh7543/
Tosl7524/
Tolt7524/
Totl756/
Tãll751/
Tgol751/
Tootell731,471/
Tootill73849/
Tossell73703/
Tochell737/
Tollova735/
Tollová733/
Tousell731/
Toullle731/
Thole6730,767/
Talle6714,688/
Toole6713,747/
Thull672,436/
Tulle671,832/
Thool67942/
Thall67870/
Toyle67648/
Toule67471/
Totel67421/
Tholt67180/
Tosel67178/
Totil67114/
Togli6762/
Toile6760/
Tosil6759/
Tohul6759/
Htoil6752/
Toldt6751/
Thoil6749/
Taull6735/
Touchell6735/
Toldd6716/
Tocel6714/
Thoul6713/
Tolhh6713/
Tuyll6712/
Tallh6711/
Tuole679/
Tocil679/
Tolhe676/
Talll675/
Thotl675/
Tollehed675/
Tolph675/
Tgall674/
Toulh674/
Tould674/
Tottl674/
Ttotl673/
Tuull673/
Taall673/
Totlt672/
Htole672/
Teull672/
Thuol672/
Tallt672/
Théoulle672/
Totlh671/
Toussell671/
Toltt671/
Toohl671/
Tulhl671/
Tullt671/
Ttall671/
Tosle671/
Htoel671/
Toisl671/
Tousl671/
Thüll671/
Tohyl671/
Toyld671/
Tujll671/
Talhl671/
Toult670/
Tuill670/
Thoyl670/
Thoisell670/

Toll Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Toll in the Russian language
Толльtoll-

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Toll Reference & Research

Toll, Tole, & Tolle - A Worldwide One-name Study - Primarily reconstructed family trees of Toll & variants of UK origin. Non-UK families are progressively being researched & added.

Toll One-name Study - A profile of the Toll surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.

Toll 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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Toll
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