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    The surname Tober

    A surname, carried by 1,604 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T160

    Tober: #17,541 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tober #17,541, 1,604 people Tober: #17,541 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tober #17,541, 1,604 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tober is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,604 people named Tober in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,485 Americans. That is up 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,479.

    #17,541
    rank among US surnames
    1,604
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.5%
    change since 2000 (was #17,548)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,537Lipsky1,605192,365
    #17,541Rommel1,604192,485

    Who is named Tober

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

    81% of people named Tober identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tober

    Tober has the Soundex code T160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T160.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tober?
    1,604 people in the United States had the surname Tober in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,485 Americans. It ranked 17,541st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tober?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Tober identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Tober getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,604 in 2010, up 8.5%.