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    The surname Tolley

    A surname, carried by 5,726 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T400

    Tolley: #6,005 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tolley #6,005, 5,726 people Tolley: #6,005 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tolley #6,005, 5,726 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tolley is more common than 96.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,726 people named Tolley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,920 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,622.

    #6,005
    rank among US surnames
    5,726
    people in 2010
    1.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #5,659)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,000Hallett5,73153,873
    #6,001Lawlor5,72953,892
    #6,004Callender5,72853,901
    #6,005Hatchett5,72653,920
    #6,008Nestor5,72353,948

    Who is named Tolley

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

    93% of people named Tolley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tolley

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tolley?
    5,726 people in the United States had the surname Tolley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,920 Americans. It ranked 6,005th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tolley?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Tolley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Tolley getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,622 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,726 in 2010, up 1.8%.