How common is the surname Toll?

2,276 people in the United States had the surname Toll in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,653 Americans. It ranked 13,383rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Toll?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Toll identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Toll?

Eduard von Toll, Baltic German explorer (1858–1902).

Where is the surname Toll most common?

Wikidata records people named Toll in the Russian Empire.

Is the surname Toll getting more or less common?

More common. 2,168 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,276 in 2010, up 5.0%.

The surname Toll

A surname, carried by 2,276 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Toll is more common than 91.8% of them.

Origin

* As an English surname, variant of Towle, Tole. * As a German surname, from the adjective toll, meaning both "wonderful" and "crazy, mad." Also shortened from Bartholomäus. * As a Dutch surname, variant of Tol, sometimes shortened from Van Toll.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,276 people named Toll in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,653 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,168.

#13,383

rank among US surnames

2,276

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #12,967)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,375	Picone	2,278	135,534
#13,376	Ferland	2,277	135,593
#13,383	Gunnell	2,276	135,653
#13,391	Syverson	2,275	135,712

Who is named Toll

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

91% of people named Toll identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Two or more races 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tolls

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eduard von Toll
Baltic German explorer (1858–1902)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Toll

Toll has the Soundex code T400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T400.

Questions

Where does the surname Toll come from?: * As an English surname, variant of Towle, Tole. * As a German surname, from the adjective toll, meaning both "wonderful" and "crazy, mad." Also shortened from Bartholomäus. * As a Dutch surname, variant of Tol, sometimes shortened from Van Toll.
How common is the surname Toll?: 2,276 people in the United States had the surname Toll in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,653 Americans. It ranked 13,383rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Toll?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Toll identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Toll?: Eduard von Toll, Baltic German explorer (1858–1902).
Where is the surname Toll most common?: Wikidata records people named Toll in the Russian Empire.
Is the surname Toll getting more or less common?: More common. 2,168 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,276 in 2010, up 5.0%.
What are other spellings of Toll?: Tole and Toles.