Totty Surname
Approximately 2,689 people bear this surname
Totty Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Otto.' But possibly the Danish Thjod (v. Yonge). But far more probably the nick, of Otty or Oddy (which see), one of the most popular names of the time. Several Yorkshire font-names took an initial T as their nick, before a vowel; compare Tagg and Taggy for Agg and Aggy.
Read More About This SurnameTotty Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,679 | 1:215,878 | 21,019 |
| England | 438 | 1:127,210 | 12,694 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Nigeria | 168 | 1:1,054,421 | 44,098 |
| New Zealand | 37 | 1:122,387 | 15,192 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Scotland | 19 | 1:281,780 | 13,396 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:162,870 | 11,152 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 304 | 1:80,182 | 8,629 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:174,268 | 6,522 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 251 | 1:200,074 | 17,416 |
Totty (356) may also be a first name.
Totty Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Otto.' But possibly the Danish Thjod (v. Yonge). But far more probably the nick, of Otty or Oddy (which see), one of the most popular names of the time. Several Yorkshire font-names took an initial T as their nick, before a vowel; compare Tagg and Taggy for Agg and Aggy. Nevertheless, the instance recorded below, Robertus Thotte, looks very like the Danish Thjod.
Beatrix Totty, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Willelmus Totty, 1379: ibid.
The following pair are registered together:
Johannes Totty, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Robertus Thotte, 1379: ibid.
1577. George Tottie and Elizabeth Periman: Marriage Lic. (London).
1789. Married — John Byrneand Mary Tottey: St. George, Hanover Square.
(English) descendants of the Anglo-Saxon Tota, Totta, pet forms of one of the Torht- [Old English torht, glorious] names (thus the eighth-cent. bishop of Leicester Torhthelm was familiarly Totta), + the English diminutive suff. -ie, -y.
Johannes Totty.—Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379.
Totty Demographics
Average Male Totty Height
175 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Totty Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Totty Come From? nationality or country of origin
Totty is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Totty.
How Common Is The Last Name Totty? popularity and diffusion
The last name Totty is the 161,852nd most frequent family name globally, held by around 1 in 2,710,132 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Totty are found; 43 percent are found in North America and 43 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 461,707th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 356 people.
This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 1,679 people, or 1 in 215,878. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 11 percent are found, Virginia, where 10 percent are found and Missouri, where 6 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name exists in 42 countries. It is also common in England, where 16 percent are found and Egypt, where 7 percent are found.
Totty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Totty has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Totty surname grew 669 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 144 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 211 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Totty Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Totty surname are 10.55% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.32% registered with the party.
The amount Totty earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 81.75% less than the national average, earning R 43,380 per year; in United States they earn 0.86% more than the national average, earning $43,522 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.3% more than the national average, earning $57,284 CAD per year.
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