Tollefson Surname

85,384th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,649 people bear this surname

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

Tollefson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tollefson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,2841:68,5967,977
Canada3081:119,62912,601
England251:2,228,72284,230
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4231:118,72011,620

Tollefson (12) may also be a first name.

Tollefson Last Name Facts

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

Tollefson is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tollefson? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 85,384th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,290,059 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Tollefson reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 12 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 5,284 people, or 1 in 68,596. In The United States Tollefson is mostly found in: Minnesota, where 27 percent are found, Wisconsin, where 11 percent are found and California, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 5 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Tollefson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tollefson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tollefson surname rose 1,249 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tollefson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Tollefson last name are 5.45% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.22% being registered with the party.

The amount Tollefson earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 1.84% more than the national average, earning $43,944 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.8% less than the national average, earning $49,285 CAD per year.

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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 Tollefson
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