Toussaint Surname
Approximately 127,686 people bear this surname
Toussaint Surname Definition:
(French) Descendant of Toussaint (all saints).
Toussaint Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 78,274 | 1:136 | 15 |
| France | 16,515 | 1:4,022 | 309 |
| United States | 8,066 | 1:44,937 | 5,496 |
| Belgium | 5,361 | 1:2,144 | 159 |
| Chad | 4,333 | 1:3,137 | 531 |
| Ethiopia | 2,415 | 1:40,392 | 4,505 |
| Canada | 1,552 | 1:23,741 | 3,234 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1,172 | 1:1,164 | 175 |
| Netherlands | 997 | 1:16,938 | 2,626 |
| Germany | 984 | 1:81,814 | 10,332 |
| Togo | 945 | 1:7,670 | 1,744 |
| Venezuela | 800 | 1:37,755 | 2,117 |
| Dominican Republic | 770 | 1:13,549 | 1,024 |
| Dominica | 725 | 1:105 | 16 |
| Brazil | 500 | 1:428,149 | 16,254 |
| England | 476 | 1:117,055 | 11,917 |
| Mexico | 366 | 1:339,143 | 7,246 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Australia | 298 | 1:90,590 | 10,393 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Saint Lucia | 257 | 1:696 | 123 |
| Mauritius | 218 | 1:5,933 | 1,220 |
| DR Congo | 198 | 1:373,129 | 32,235 |
| Luxembourg | 193 | 1:3,008 | 379 |
| Grenada | 174 | 1:624 | 128 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Seychelles | 117 | 1:790 | 191 |
| Ivory Coast | 89 | 1:259,227 | 10,202 |
| Argentina | 87 | 1:491,304 | 36,372 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 81 | 1:1,391 | 302 |
| Switzerland | 67 | 1:122,581 | 12,361 |
| Spain | 62 | 1:754,065 | 31,946 |
| South Africa | 60 | 1:902,962 | 58,308 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 56 | 1:1,971 | 333 |
| Thailand | 51 | 1:1,385,066 | 192,885 |
| Bahamas | 50 | 1:7,835 | 653 |
| Rwanda | 49 | 1:231,938 | 1,267 |
| Aruba | 37 | 1:2,797 | 396 |
| Benin | 35 | 1:295,303 | 24,440 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Suriname | 26 | 1:21,254 | 4,689 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 23 | 1:4,312 | 570 |
| Andorra | 22 | 1:3,811 | 733 |
| Guernsey | 22 | 1:2,929 | 767 |
| New Zealand | 22 | 1:205,833 | 20,770 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 18 | 1:1,907 | 201 |
| Colombia | 16 | 1:2,985,880 | 14,490 |
| Guyana | 16 | 1:47,639 | 4,360 |
| Madagascar | 16 | 1:1,478,115 | 2,908 |
| Italy | 15 | 1:4,077,113 | 105,022 |
| Panama | 15 | 1:260,817 | 6,584 |
| Chile | 14 | 1:1,258,320 | 22,898 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8 | 1:6,900 | 616 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Anguilla | 4 | 1:3,359 | 324 |
| Burkina Faso | 4 | 1:4,588,025 | 21,573 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 1 | 1:13,610 | 185 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 28 | 1:870,549 | 37,307 |
| Guernsey | 2 | 1:16,328 | 1,834 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 194 | 1:258,859 | 21,305 |
Toussaint (36,805) may also be a first name.
Toussaint Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French) Descendant of Toussaint (all saints).
(Old French tousaintz) a name given to a person born on the festival of All Saints; analogous to Christmas, Noel, Penteoost, &c.
From Toussaints, between Yvetot and Fécamp, Normandy. Roger de Omnibus Sanctis in 1165 held two fees in Devon (Lib. Niger). In 1194 a suit in Cambridge against Joscelin de Omnibus Sanctis was appointed to be decided by duel (Rotuli Curiae Regis). Roger de O. SS. mentioned in Essex 1199 (Ibid.); Hugh de Omnibus SS., Devon, made a payment to the Crown 1205 (Hardy, Obl. et Fin. 283). The name failed in Devon t. Henry H. (Pole, Devon).
Toussaint Demographics
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Toussaint Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Toussaint Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Toussaint occurs most in Haiti. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Toussaint click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Toussaint? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,412th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 57,074 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Toussaint reside; 64 percent reside in Caribbean and 62 percent reside in Gallo-Caribbean. Toussaint is also the 23,781st most frequent forename world-wide, borne by 36,805 people.
It is most common in Haiti, where it is carried by 78,274 people, or 1 in 136. In Haiti it is primarily found in: Ouest, where 23 percent reside, Artibonite, where 21 percent reside and Nord-Ouest, where 11 percent reside. Beside Haiti it occurs in 104 countries. It also occurs in France, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.
Toussaint Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Toussaint has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Toussaint last name increased 4,158 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Toussaint Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Toussaint surname are 9.84% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 63.07% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Toussaint earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 10.43% less than the national average, earning 309,995 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 138.06% more than the national average, earning R 565,716 per year; in Colombia they earn 127.75% more than the national average, earning $51,704,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.4% more than the national average, earning $43,755 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.78% less than the national average, earning $40,355 CAD per year.
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