# Toomey (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,510 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,722 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 41,111 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.3% (7,607 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtuːmi/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Twomey |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tuama (“descendant of Tuaim”), a personal name apparently derived from tuaim (“burial mound”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Toomey in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Toomey in the United States.

## People named Toomey

- Pat Toomey, American businessman and politician (born 1961)
- Bill Toomey, American decathlete
- Regis Toomey, American actor (1898–1991)

## Similar surnames

Tom, Tome, Tomei, Toney, Twomey, Thome, Toon, Toone, Tan, Tamayo, Tam, Timm.

## 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.