How common is the surname Toney?

18,787 people in the United States had the surname Toney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,434 Americans. It ranked 1,919th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Toney?

James Toney, American former boxer and mixed martial artist, followed by Andrew Toney.

Where is the surname Toney most common?

Wikidata records people named Toney in the United States.

Is the surname Toney getting more or less common?

More common. 17,481 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,787 in 2010, up 7.5%.

The surname Toney

A surname, carried by 18,787 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Toney is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 18,787 people named Toney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,434 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,481.

#1,919

rank among US surnames

18,787

people in 2010

6.4

per 100,000 Americans

+7.5%

change since 2000 (was #1,886)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,910	Saavedra	18,834	16,393
#1,912	Landis	18,826	16,400
#1,913	Caudill	18,822	16,403
#1,914	Jacobsen	18,820	16,405
#1,916	Diehl	18,815	16,410
#1,917	Alarcon	18,805	16,418
#1,918	Hedrick	18,804	16,419

Who is named Toney

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

55% of people named Toney identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 55%
Black (not Hispanic) 38%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Toneys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Toney
American former boxer and mixed martial artist, born 1968
Andrew Toney
American basketball player (born 1957)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Toney

Toney has the Soundex code T500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T500.

Questions

How common is the surname Toney?: 18,787 people in the United States had the surname Toney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,434 Americans. It ranked 1,919th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Toney?: In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Toney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Toney?: James Toney, American former boxer and mixed martial artist, followed by Andrew Toney.
Where is the surname Toney most common?: Wikidata records people named Toney in the United States.
Is the surname Toney getting more or less common?: More common. 17,481 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,787 in 2010, up 7.5%.