# Todd (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/todd/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname from Middle English tod (“fox”).

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 71,759 |
| US rank (2010) | 460 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,303 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (69,810 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /tɑd/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Tod |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Todd in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Todd in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Australia.

## People named Todd

- Alexander Todd, British biochemist and Nobel laureate (1907-1997)
- Tony Todd, American actor (1954–2024)
- Thelma Todd, American actress (1906-1935)
- Ann Todd, British actress (1907–1993)
- Anna Todd, American author and screenwriter
- Christine Todd Whitman, American politician and author (born 1946)
- Mike Todd, American theatre and film producer
- Ann E. Todd, American actress (1931-2020)
- Hallie Todd, American actress
- Jennifer Todd, American film producer
- E. Lilian Todd, (1865-1937) American aviation pioneer
- Harry Todd, American actor (1863-1935)

and 19 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Tidd, Tate, Toth, Tait, Tutt, Tweedy, Twitty, Tweed, Tadeo, Teed, Thiede, Toto.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.