Toovey Surname

264,367th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,481 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Toovey Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Tofig' or Tovi. Tofig the Proud was Harold's forerunner in the foundation of Waltham. He appears in Florence as 'Danicus et praepotens vir Tovius, Pruda cognomento.' He signs himself in 1033 as 'Tovi Pruda.

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Toovey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia5811:46,4645,816
England4731:117,79711,992
United States1771:2,047,791130,814
Canada1551:237,71322,683
New Zealand261:174,16618,836
Scotland231:232,77511,829
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Guyana91:84,6916,279
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
France11:66,422,722504,397
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3351:72,7628,044
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Toovey (16) may also be a first name.

Toovey Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Tofig' or Tovi. Tofig the Proud was Harold's forerunner in the foundation of Waltham. He appears in Florence as 'Danicus et praepotens vir Tovius, Pruda cognomento.' He signs himself in 1033 as 'Tovi Pruda.' His surname was needed to distinguish him from two namesakes: 'Tovi hwita' and 'Tovi rcada' (Freeman, History Norman Conq.). The name is found in Domesday as Tovi or Tovius. The personal name lingered on long enough to become hereditary as a surname. (2) Local . Evidently a Norman surname.

Berenger de Tovi, Lincolnshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

1583. William Tovye, Wiltshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1771. Married — Samuel Toovey and Mary Torr: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(Anglo-Scand.) the common 11th-cent. Tofig (Domesday Tovi), Old Norse Tofi, a diminutive of Thioðvald-r=National Ruler [Old Norse Þióð, nation, people + vald-r, ruler]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Tovus, otherwise Tovi, came to England with the Conqueror, and acquired several manors in Norfolk. The name is found in Domesday as Tovi or Tovius.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Old Norse, Tófi; from the Swedish, Thufva, Dufva; from the Flemish, Dufey; from the French, Tuvée, Tuffay; in the Domesday Book, Tovi, Tuffa; a personal name.

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

Toovey Last Name Facts

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

The surname Toovey is carried by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Toovey? popularity and diffusion

It is the 264,367th most prevalent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 4,920,693 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 42 percent of Toovey live; 41 percent live in Australasia and 41 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widely held first name on earth It is held by 16 people.

Toovey is most commonly held in Australia, where it is carried by 581 people, or 1 in 46,464. In Australia Toovey is most prevalent in: New South Wales, where 34 percent live, Western Australia, where 30 percent live and Queensland, where 20 percent live. Aside from Australia Toovey exists in 26 countries. It is also common in England, where 32 percent live and The United States, where 12 percent live.

Toovey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Toovey has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Toovey surname expanded 141 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 885 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Toovey Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Toovey surname are 32.3% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 79.07% being registered with the political party.

The amount Toovey earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 14.79% more than the national average, earning $49,532 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.23% less than the national average, earning $48,076 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tovey916,354/
Toove9132/
Toovy9118/
Toover8335/
Toowey837/
Toveya836/
Toveye831/
Toobey831/
Toovie831/
Toveyo831/
Tovhey830/
Tove80387/
Tovy80249/
Tovieye772/
Towoeye771/
Thoover770/
Tobey736,770/
Towey732,841/
Toves731,430/
Toowy73707/
Tovue73658/
Tooby73630/
Toboe73496/
Tuvey73436/
Toboy73386/
Tover73318/
Touve73161/
Tavey73143/
Tovee73140/
Toovi7394/
Thove7393/
Toobe7388/
Tovez7358/
Tovet7327/
Tovie7324/
Tovae7323/
Toive7318/
Toova7315/
Tovay7314/
Toowe7313/
Tovoe737/
Tovei736/
Touvy736/
Toová735/
Tovea735/
Toeve734/
Towoy733/
Toivy732/
Thovy732/
Toviy731/
Tovoy731/
Toveh731/
Toyve731/
Tooue731/
Tovhy730/
Thovheyi711/
Tohoue67920/
Tohver67458/
Thotve67351/
Touvet67226/
Toboyi6769/
Towhey6757/
Tompey6755/
Toovis6753/
Thoobe6745/
Toboue6740/
Toboye6727/
Tobeyi6725/
Tobgey6723/
Taveye6720/
Toovoi6719/
Toveas6715/
Toeway6714/
Towoue6713/
Touboe6713/
Touvay6713/
Tobeya6710/
Toyboy6710/
Tovysh677/
Toobes677/
Thoboe677/
Toiveyova676/
Touver675/
Thoeve675/
Towoyi675/
Toboya675/
Tovoeh675/
Tovuie675/
Toboyo675/
Toweya674/
Touves673/
Toubey673/
Tuveyi673/
Toivay673/
Tovhed673/
Tooboy672/
Tompoy672/
Tovoya672/
Thovet672/
Tobowe672/
Toobay671/
Httovy671/
Toovio671/
Toewey671/
Toober671/
Thobey671/
Tooweh671/
Towowe671/
Toweye671/
Toobea671/
Tabooy671/
Towoye671/
Toobet671/
Toobie671/
Tobeye671/
Toiveu671/
Touveh671/
Touwey671/
Tovaya671/
Toveha671/
Toveij671/
Touboy671/
Toobeh671/
Taveya671/
Tubooy671/
Tovett670/
Thowey670/
Toweys670/
Tavhey670/
Tovhoy670/
Toompe670/

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