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    The surname O'Toole

    A surname, carried by 10,842 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O340

    O'Toole: #3,309 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon O'Toole #3,309, 10,842 people O'Toole: #3,309 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez O'Toole #3,309, 10,842 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). O'Toole is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    An Irish surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,842 people named O'Toole in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,477 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,663.

    #3,309
    rank among US surnames
    10,842
    people in 2010
    3.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #3,112)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,301Brant10,88628,362
    #3,302Carvalho10,87728,385
    #3,303Miguel10,86128,427
    #3,304Agee10,85728,437
    #3,305Elrod10,85128,453
    #3,306McLemore10,85028,456
    #3,307Kuntz10,84828,461

    Who is named O'Toole

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named O'Toole identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous O'Tooles

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Annette O'Toole
      American actress (born 1952)
    • Maureen O'Toole
      American water polo player and coach, born 1961
    • Fintan O'Toole
      Award winning Irish journalist, born 1958
    • Kate O'Toole
      British actress, daughter of actors Peter O'Toole and Siân Phillips, born 1960

    Notable O'Tooles come mostly from the United States (2), Ireland (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like O'Toole

    O'Toole has the Soundex code O340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O340.

    Questions

    How common is the surname O'Toole?
    10,842 people in the United States had the surname O'Toole in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,477 Americans. It ranked 3,309th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname O'Toole?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named O'Toole identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named O'Toole?
    Annette O'Toole, American actress (born 1952), followed by Maureen O'Toole.
    Where is the surname O'Toole most common?
    Wikidata records people named O'Toole in the United States, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname O'Toole getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,663 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,842 in 2010, up 1.7%.