Tolly Surname
Approximately 2,087 people bear this surname
Tolly Surname Definition:
'Godus Tholyn-wyf,' i.e. Godus, the wife of Tholyn, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Read More About This SurnameTolly Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 674 | 1:20,166 | 2,465 |
| United States | 615 | 1:589,364 | 48,128 |
| Benin | 409 | 1:25,270 | 3,378 |
| England | 62 | 1:898,678 | 46,462 |
| South Africa | 49 | 1:1,105,667 | 65,349 |
| Papua New Guinea | 49 | 1:166,402 | 23,077 |
| Indonesia | 47 | 1:2,813,813 | 160,835 |
| France | 47 | 1:1,413,249 | 138,595 |
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| Ivory Coast | 22 | 1:1,048,692 | 25,281 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Lesotho | 4 | 1:508,140 | 18,568 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 260 | 1:93,751 | 9,645 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 465 | 1:107,997 | 10,802 |
Tolly (1,076) may also be a first name.
Tolly Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Bartholomew,' from the nick. Tholy. The following seems to prove a diminutive existed:
'Godus Tholyn-wyf,' i.e. Godus, the wife of Tholyn, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Toly Museye, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Douce Toly, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Tholy Oldcorn, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Stephen Toli, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Johanna fil. Tholy, 39 Henry III: Calendarium Genealogicum: Henry III-Edward I.
William, the son of Tole: English Gilds.
1795. Married — William Jude and Mary Tolley: St. George, Hanover Square.
(Anglo-Hebrew) double dims. of Bar- tholomew, q.v.
(Scandinavian) Tollei and Tolli are mod. Norwegian forms of the Old Norse Thorleik-r = Thor’s Sport or Contest [Old Norse leik-r, sport, contest, etc.]
In the reign of Elizabeth, Mr. George Tolley owned extensive house property in Evesham (M.). The name was represented in the parish of Upton Snodsbury a century ago (N.). Toly was a common name in Cambridgeshire in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.).
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Tolly Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tolly Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tolly (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﻟﻲ, Tibetan: ཀྲོ་ལི་) is most common in Chad. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Tolly click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tolly? popularity and diffusion
Tolly is the 200,066th most common last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 3,491,876 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 58 percent of Tolly reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 32 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Tolly is also the 243,657th most prevalent forename internationally, held by 1,076 people.
Tolly is most common in Chad, where it is held by 674 people, or 1 in 20,166. Outside of Chad this last name occurs in 34 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent live and Benin, where 20 percent live.
Tolly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Tolly has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tolly last name increased 132 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 76 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Tolly Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Anglican (60%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Tolly surname are 19.44% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.21% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Tolly earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 33.64% less than the national average, earning R 157,704 per year and in United States they earn 1.27% less than the national average, earning $42,600 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tolly Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tolly in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻮﻟﻲ | twly | - |
| Tolly in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀྲོ་ལི་ | troli | - |
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