How common is the surname Toliver?

7,536 people in the United States had the surname Toliver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,969 Americans. It ranked 4,708th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Toliver?

Kristi Toliver, American-Slovak basketball player and coach.

Where is the surname Toliver most common?

Wikidata records people named Toliver in Slovakia.

Is the surname Toliver getting more or less common?

More common. 6,833 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,536 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Toliver

A surname, carried by 7,536 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex T416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Toliver is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,536 people named Toliver in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,969 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,833.

#4,708

rank among US surnames

7,536

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+10.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,743)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,705	Schramm	7,543	40,931
#4,706	Nutt	7,541	40,942
#4,707	Burrow	7,539	40,953
#4,708	Holloman	7,536	40,969
#4,710	Hazen	7,532	40,991

Who is named Toliver

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

68% of people named Toliver identified as Black (not Hispanic), 25% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 68%
White (not Hispanic) 25%
Two or more races 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Tolivers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kristi Toliver
American-Slovak basketball player and coach, born 1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Toliver

Toliver has the Soundex code T416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T416.

Questions

How common is the surname Toliver?: 7,536 people in the United States had the surname Toliver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,969 Americans. It ranked 4,708th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Toliver?: In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Toliver identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 25% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Toliver?: Kristi Toliver, American-Slovak basketball player and coach.
Where is the surname Toliver most common?: Wikidata records people named Toliver in Slovakia.
Is the surname Toliver getting more or less common?: More common. 6,833 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,536 in 2010, up 10%.