How common is the surname Tokar?

1,332 people in the United States had the surname Tokar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 231,791 Americans. It ranked 20,065th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tokar?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Tokar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Tokar?

Norman Tokar, American film director, actor (1919-1979).

Where is the surname Tokar most common?

Wikidata records people named Tokar in the United States.

Is the surname Tokar getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,360 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,332 in 2010, down 2.1%.

The surname Tokar

A surname, carried by 1,332 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tokar is more common than 87.6% of them.

Origin

From Belarusian токар (tókar, “turner”), Ukrainian токар (tokar, “turner”), Russian токарь (tokarʹ, “turner”), and Slovak tokár (“turner”). Cognate of Polish Tokarz.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,332 people named Tokar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 231,791 Americans. That is down 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,360.

#20,065

rank among US surnames

1,332

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-2.1%

change since 2000 (was #18,667)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,057	Verna	1,333	231,617
#20,065	Khatib	1,332	231,791

Who is named Tokar

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

95% of people named Tokar identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tokars

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Norman Tokar
American film director, actor (1919-1979)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tokar

Tooker

Tokar has the Soundex code T260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T260.

Questions

Where does the surname Tokar come from?: From Belarusian токар (tókar, “turner”), Ukrainian токар (tokar, “turner”), Russian токарь (tokarʹ, “turner”), and Slovak tokár (“turner”). Cognate of Polish Tokarz.
How common is the surname Tokar?: 1,332 people in the United States had the surname Tokar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 231,791 Americans. It ranked 20,065th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tokar?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Tokar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Tokar?: Norman Tokar, American film director, actor (1919-1979).
Where is the surname Tokar most common?: Wikidata records people named Tokar in the United States.
Is the surname Tokar getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,360 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,332 in 2010, down 2.1%.