Tooth Surname

163,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,663 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Tooth Surname Definition:

Lower says, 'This name probably has reference to some peculiarity in the teeth of the original bearer' (Patronymica Britannica.) Certainly there is some foundation for this. Middle English loth, a tooth.

Thomas Toth, Northamptonshire, 1273.

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Tooth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,3381:41,6435,332
Australia7231:37,3384,889
Canada1581:233,20022,307
United States1401:2,588,992156,804
Peru481:662,16916,012
Belgium391:294,78634,540
Wales371:83,6366,963
Scotland361:148,7178,826
South Africa291:1,868,19787,346
Iran221:3,490,11599,764
Nicaragua111:547,3723,850
New Zealand111:411,66631,040
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
India61:127,844,230863,365
France51:13,284,544357,392
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
China41:341,830,39216,990
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Jamaica31:956,64910,513
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8681:28,0823,805
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:1,793,52492,026

Tooth (26) may also be a first name.

Tooth Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Lower says, 'This name probably has reference to some peculiarity in the teeth of the original bearer' (Patronymica Britannica.) Certainly there is some foundation for this. Middle English loth, a tooth.

Thomas Toth, Northamptonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William Tothe, rector of Otttwell, Norfolk, 1334: History of Norfolk.

Richard Tooth, Norfolk, 40 Edward III: ibid.

1765.' Married — Seth Tooth and Mary Beck": St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) a nickname, like the cognate Dent [Middle English toth, Old English tóð, a tooth, tusk] Thomas Toth.—Hundred Rolls

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

This name probably has reference to some peculiarity in the teeth of the original bearer. The Romans had their Dento and Dentatus, most likely on the same account.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

IV. Toti; nickname from the French, Touté; in the Domesday Book, Toti; a personal name.

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

Tooth Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tooth (Arabic: طوطه) is found most in England. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tooth? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 163,169th most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,736,593 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 55 percent of Tooth live; 53 percent live in Northern Europe and 53 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 26 people.

This last name is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 1,338 people, or 1 in 41,643. In England it is most prevalent in: Staffordshire, where 23 percent reside, West Midlands, where 13 percent reside and Kent, where 7 percent reside. Not including England this surname exists in 43 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 27 percent reside and Canada, where 6 percent reside.

Tooth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tooth has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 154 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 500 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 1,850 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tooth Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Tooth surname are 15.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.5% registered with the political party.

The amount Tooth earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 55.54% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,618 per year; in South Africa they earn 89.58% more than the national average, earning R 450,516 per year; in United States they earn 9.13% more than the national average, earning $47,088 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.23% more than the national average, earning $58,742 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toothe91110/
Thooth914/
Toth8967,484/
Toot891,608/
Thoothe83433/
Toots80803/
Toote80275/
Tothe80120/
Thoth80114/
Totth8043/
Totch8024/
Touth8023/
Tuoth8018/
Toost8017/
To'th8015/
Tooht805/
Thoot804/
Htoot802/
Toott801/
Toith801/
Htoth801/
Toths801/
tot H801/
Totsh800/
Toeth800/
Toozt800/
Tot7550,572/
Totsch73334/
Thothe73170/
Thoote7348/
Toitch7315/
Hthoot734/
Toutch732/
Touthe732/
Thoost731/
Thuoth731/
Thothz731/
Tootts730/
Tootte730/
Tóth67313,566/
Tote6711,304/
Thot676,590/
Todt674,814/
Tout674,094/
Tost673,480/
Toet672,402/
Tothová672,092/
Toit671,344/
Tothova671,085/
Tott67845/
Tots67265/
Tuot67231/
Tath67202/
Toht67171/
Tood67161/
Toutsch6793/
Todh6784/
Tuth6782/
Táth6719/
Ttot6715/
Tòth6715/
Tãth673/
Tôth672/
Htot672/
Toyt671/
Tojt671/
T'Hoost671/
Tohd671/

Tooth Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tooth in the Arabic language
طوطهtwth-

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