Toothaker Surname

384,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 925 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Toothaker Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality, 'German Todtenacker, field of the dead, a burying ground; analogous to our indigenous name Churchyard' (Lower, Patronymica Britannica.)

Richard Toothaker, 1641: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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Toothaker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9221:393,12234,492
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3201:156,93314,423

Toothaker Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality, 'German Todtenacker, field of the dead, a burying ground; analogous to our indigenous name Churchyard' (Lower, Patronymica Britannica.)

Richard Toothaker, 1641: St. James, Clerkenwell.

Nicholas Toothaker. 1642: ibid.

1675. Married — Thomas Goldington and Margarett Toothacre: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1774. — William Salter and Isabella Toothaker: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) Dweller at, or in, the lookout field.

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

Bowditch mentions a "Dr. Toothaker, of Middlesex county, as a general practitioner, and not a dentist." Lower gives a Toothacker, which he derives from todtenacker, field of the dead, a burying ground, analogous to churchyard.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

TOOTHACHER: Germ, todtenacker, field of the dead, a burying ground; analogous to our indigenous name Churchyard.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Toothaker Last Name Facts

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

The last name Toothaker occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Toothaker? popularity and diffusion

Toothaker is the 384,325th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,878,428 people. The last name Toothaker is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Toothaker live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 922 people, or 1 in 393,122. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Maine, where 35 percent live, Massachusetts, where 6 percent live and Kansas, where 5 percent live. Barring The United States it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 0 percent live and The Bahamas, where 0 percent live.

Toothaker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Toothaker has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 288 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Toothaker Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Toothaker surname are 11.46% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 64.69% being registered to vote for the political party.

Toothaker earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.18% less than the national average, earning $41,776 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toothacker9519/
Toothtaker952/
Thoothaker950/
Tootaker940/
Tothaker940/
Tothacker892/
Toothoker890/
Totaker883/
Toothacher841/
Tothacer8210/
Tothakir821/
Toothacre7837/
Tutaker7511/
Tataker758/
Thusthakeer701/
Thasthakir6312/
Tatakre635/
Tutakire594/

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