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    The surname Toohey

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,618 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T000

    Toohey: #11,942 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Toohey #11,942, 2,618 people Toohey: #11,942 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Toohey #11,942, 2,618 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Toohey is more common than 92.6% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    From Irish Ó Tuathaigh (“descendant of the chief”).

    Toohey is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,618 people named Toohey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,932 Americans. That is up 9.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,394.

    #11,942
    rank among US surnames
    2,618
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.4%
    change since 2000 (was #11,971)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,936Okane2,621117,797
    #11,938Heiden2,620117,842
    #11,940Brickner2,619117,887
    #11,942Bitter2,618117,932
    #11,946Polly2,617117,977

    Who is named Toohey

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

    95% of people named Toohey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Toohey

    Toohey has the Soundex code T000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T000.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Toohey come from?
    From Irish Ó Tuathaigh (“descendant of the chief”).
    How common is the surname Toohey?
    2,618 people in the United States had the surname Toohey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,932 Americans. It ranked 11,942nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Toohey?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Toohey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Toohey?
    Toohey is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Toohey getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,394 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,618 in 2010, up 9.4%.
    What are other spellings of Toohey?
    Touhey, Tuohey and Tuohy.