How common is the surname Toles?

3,110 people in the United States had the surname Toles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,275 Americans. It ranked 10,365th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Toles getting more or less common?

More common. 2,850 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,110 in 2010, up 9.1%.

The surname Toles

A surname, carried by 3,110 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Toles is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

Probably a variant of Toll.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,110 people named Toles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,275 Americans. That is up 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,850.

#10,365

rank among US surnames

3,110

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+9.1%

change since 2000 (was #10,355)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,358	Peirce	3,111	99,243
#10,365	Bollman	3,110	99,275
#10,369	Lofgren	3,109	99,307
#10,371	Jiminez	3,108	99,339
#10,372	Fasano	3,107	99,371
#10,373	McLamb	3,106	99,403

Who is named Toles

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

61% of people named Toles identified as Black (not Hispanic), 32% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 61%
White (not Hispanic) 32%
Two or more races 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Toles

Towles

Toles has the Soundex code T420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T420.

Questions

Where does the surname Toles come from?: Probably a variant of Toll.
How common is the surname Toles?: 3,110 people in the United States had the surname Toles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,275 Americans. It ranked 10,365th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Toles?: In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Toles identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 32% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Toles getting more or less common?: More common. 2,850 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,110 in 2010, up 9.1%.