How common is the surname Tooker?

1,869 people in the United States had the surname Tooker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,193 Americans. It ranked 15,635th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tooker?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Tooker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Tooker?

William H. Tooker, American actor (1869–1936).

Where is the surname Tooker most common?

Wikidata records people named Tooker in the United States.

Is the surname Tooker getting more or less common?

More common. 1,702 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,869 in 2010, up 9.8%.

The surname Tooker

A surname, carried by 1,869 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tooker is more common than 90.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,869 people named Tooker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,193 Americans. That is up 9.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,702.

#15,635

rank among US surnames

1,869

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+9.8%

change since 2000 (was #15,745)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,635	Strawbridge	1,869	165,193
#15,639	Diazdeleon	1,868	165,281

Who is named Tooker

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

93% of people named Tooker identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tookers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

William H. Tooker
American actor (1869–1936)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tooker

Tooker has the Soundex code T260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T260.

Questions

How common is the surname Tooker?: 1,869 people in the United States had the surname Tooker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,193 Americans. It ranked 15,635th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tooker?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Tooker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Tooker?: William H. Tooker, American actor (1869–1936).
Where is the surname Tooker most common?: Wikidata records people named Tooker in the United States.
Is the surname Tooker getting more or less common?: More common. 1,702 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,869 in 2010, up 9.8%.