# Tolstoy (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tolstoy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A transliteration of the Russian surname Толстой (Tolstoj).

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | fewer than 100 |
| US rank (2010) | not ranked |
| How often | not recorded |
| Change since 2000 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Russian Толсто́й (Tolstój), from a stress variant of the ancestor of то́лстый (tólstyj, “stout”).

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tolstoy in the United Kingdom and the Russian Empire.

## People named Tolstoy

- Nikolai Tolstoy, British-born Russian noble and historian
- Ekaterina Junge, born countess Tolstoy, Russian painter and memoirist (1843–1913)

## Similar surnames

Talcott, Talukder.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.