How common is the surname Tolliver?

12,128 people in the United States had the surname Tolliver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,457 Americans. It ranked 2,958th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tolliver?

Anthony Tolliver, American basketball player (born 1985), followed by Charles Tolliver.

Where is the surname Tolliver most common?

Wikidata records people named Tolliver in the United States.

Is the surname Tolliver getting more or less common?

More common. 11,208 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,128 in 2010, up 8.2%.

The surname Tolliver

An occupational surname, carried by 12,128 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). Tolliver is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

Anglicized from the occupational surname Tagliaferro, from tagliaferro (“iron-cutter”).

Tolliver is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,128 people named Tolliver in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,457 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,208.

#2,958

rank among US surnames

12,128

people in 2010

4.1

per 100,000 Americans

+8.2%

change since 2000 (was #2,956)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,949	Lantz	12,169	25,371
#2,950	Cornwell	12,168	25,374
#2,952	Nye	12,167	25,376
#2,953	Reis	12,165	25,380
#2,954	Birch	12,161	25,388
#2,955	Milner	12,153	25,405
#2,956	Slone	12,142	25,428

Who is named Tolliver

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

49% of people named Tolliver identified as Black (not Hispanic), 45% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 49%
White (not Hispanic) 45%
Two or more races 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Tollivers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anthony Tolliver
American basketball player (born 1985)
Charles Tolliver
American jazz trumpeter and composer, born 1942

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tolliver

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

Questions

Where does the surname Tolliver come from?: Anglicized from the occupational surname Tagliaferro, from tagliaferro (“iron-cutter”).
How common is the surname Tolliver?: 12,128 people in the United States had the surname Tolliver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,457 Americans. It ranked 2,958th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tolliver?: In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Tolliver identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 45% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tolliver?: Anthony Tolliver, American basketball player (born 1985), followed by Charles Tolliver.
Where is the surname Tolliver most common?: Wikidata records people named Tolliver in the United States.
What type of surname is Tolliver?: Tolliver is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Tolliver getting more or less common?: More common. 11,208 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,128 in 2010, up 8.2%.