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    The surname Tolle

    A German surname, carried by 3,564 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T400

    Tolle: #9,155 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tolle #9,155, 3,564 people Tolle: #9,155 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tolle #9,155, 3,564 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tolle is more common than 94.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    * As a north/Low German surname, from Middle Low German toll, see toll. * As a German surname Tölle, variant of Toelle, itself a pet form of Bertold, see Berthold. * As a Dutch surname, variant of Tol.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,564 people named Tolle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,629 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,302.

    #9,155
    rank among US surnames
    3,564
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.9%
    change since 2000 (was #9,097)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,147Pletcher3,56786,556
    #9,149Adamski3,56686,580
    #9,150Stouffer3,56586,605
    #9,155Tolle3,56486,629
    #9,161Tincher3,56386,653
    #9,164Boos3,56286,678

    Who is named Tolle

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

    94% of people named Tolle identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tolle

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tolle come from?
    * As a north/Low German surname, from Middle Low German toll, see toll. * As a German surname Tölle, variant of Toelle, itself a pet form of Bertold, see Berthold. * As a Dutch surname, variant of Tol.
    How common is the surname Tolle?
    3,564 people in the United States had the surname Tolle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,629 Americans. It ranked 9,155th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tolle?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Tolle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Tolle getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,302 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,564 in 2010, up 7.9%.