How common is the surname Tolman?

4,480 people in the United States had the surname Tolman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,916 Americans. It ranked 7,434th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tolman?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Tolman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Tolman?

Richard Chace Tolman, American physicist (1881–1948), followed by Edward C. Tolman.

Where is the surname Tolman most common?

Wikidata records people named Tolman in the United States.

Is the surname Tolman getting more or less common?

More common. 3,799 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,480 in 2010, up 18%.

The surname Tolman

A surname, carried by 4,480 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T455

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tolman is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,480 people named Tolman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,916 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,799.

#7,434

rank among US surnames

4,480

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+17.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,051)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,430	Marinelli	4,483	68,870
#7,431	Conard	4,482	68,886
#7,433	Astorga	4,481	68,901
#7,434	Firestone	4,480	68,916
#7,437	Deel	4,478	68,947

Who is named Tolman

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

93% of people named Tolman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tolmans

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Chace Tolman
American physicist (1881–1948)
Edward C. Tolman
American psychologist (1886–1959)
Allison Tolman
American actress, born 1981

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tolman

Tolman has the Soundex code T455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T455.

Questions

How common is the surname Tolman?: 4,480 people in the United States had the surname Tolman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,916 Americans. It ranked 7,434th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tolman?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Tolman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Tolman?: Richard Chace Tolman, American physicist (1881–1948), followed by Edward C. Tolman.
Where is the surname Tolman most common?: Wikidata records people named Tolman in the United States.
Is the surname Tolman getting more or less common?: More common. 3,799 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,480 in 2010, up 18%.