Tolman Surname

62,427th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,041 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Tolman Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'the dolman.' I suspect equivalent to Dale and Dallman, which see. In the Yorkshire Poll Tax we find on., 'Adam Denman and Johannes de Den' (one who resided in the den or dean); also 'Johannes Dolman and Johanna de Dale' (one who resided in the dale).

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Tolman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,7991:62,5047,325
England4451:125,20912,540
Netherlands4201:40,2086,820
Russia3111:463,41843,456
South Africa2771:195,58721,102
Canada2291:160,89816,247
Thailand1141:619,635105,115
Australia1021:264,66424,097
Papua New Guinea631:129,42417,695
Israel481:178,28417,874
Czechia431:247,29033,576
France401:1,660,568152,033
Denmark251:225,78917,947
Mexico221:5,642,10030,806
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
Poland151:2,533,917108,409
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
Wales121:257,87814,969
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Ukraine71:6,503,242257,739
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
China31:455,773,85521,925
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3871:62,9857,305
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1911:42,1654,928

Tolman (448) may also be a first name.

Tolman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'the dolman.' I suspect equivalent to Dale and Dallman, which see. In the Yorkshire Poll Tax we find on., 'Adam Denman and Johannes de Den' (one who resided in the den or dean); also 'Johannes Dolman and Johanna de Dale' (one who resided in the dale). (a) Local, 'the doleman,' one who resided at the dole or landmark; v. Dole, Dowle, and Dowler.

Nicholas Doleman, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Richard Doleman, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Alice Dolman, temp. Elizabeth: Calendar of Proceedings in Chancery, temp. Elizabeth I.

1760. Married — James Moorhouse and Hannah Doleman: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the tollman,' one who took tolls and taxes; v. Toller.

Thomas Tolman. Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem.

1752. Married — John Dyer and Susanna Tollman: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

1791. Married — Thomas Young and Patty Tollman: St. George, Hanover Square l.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Toll-Man, Tax-Col- [lector [Middle English Old English toll, toll, tax + man]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The man who collected tolls, the keeper of a tollgate.

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

The verb "to dole" signifies to share or divide; to set out in portions or lots, whether of land, goods, or money. Anglo-Saxon, doelan. Perhaps the original Doleman may have been a distributor either of alms, or of lands under the "tenantry" arrangements of feudal times. Or he may have been such a "judge or divider"-that is arbitrator-as the one mentioned in Luke XII. 14. A less desirable derivation is from the A.-Sax dol, foolish, erring, heretical, and man. Doleman. De la Dole. H.R.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Tolvan in Constantine; from toll-van, the high stone; or toll-maen, the stone with a hole. compare the names Toleman, Dolman, Dollman.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A collector of toll. In Dutch, Taalman is an interpreter, from Taal, language, tongue. "Constantine Tolmaen," in Cornwall, is an ancient place of Druid worship. Tolmaen is usually applied to a stone that is perforated, from tol, a hole, and maen, a stone; twll mwn, Welsh, a mine, shaft, or pit.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Tolman Last Name Facts

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

Tolman (Arabic: تولمان, Hindi: टोलमन, Russian: Толман) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tolman? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 62,427th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 906,298 people. The surname Tolman occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Tolman live; 75 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America. Tolman is also the 404,611th most frequently held forename world-wide, held by 448 people.

Tolman is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 5,799 people, or 1 in 62,504. In The United States it is most frequent in: Utah, where 20 percent live, Idaho, where 11 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 35 countries. It is also common in England, where 6 percent live and The Netherlands, where 5 percent live.

Tolman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tolman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tolman surname increased 487 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 115 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 133 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tolman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tolman surname are 15.21% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.98% registered with the party.

The amount Tolman earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 18.89% less than the national average, earning R 192,756 per year; in United States they earn 3.58% more than the national average, earning $44,692 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.48% more than the national average, earning $55,885 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tolman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tolman in the Hindi language
टोलमनtolamana-
Tolman in the Russian language
Толманtolman-
Tolman in the Arabic language
تولمانtwlman-

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