How common is the surname Toomey?

7,510 people in the United States had the surname Toomey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,111 Americans. It ranked 4,722nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Toomey?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Toomey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Toomey?

Pat Toomey, American businessman and politician (born 1961), followed by Bill Toomey.

Where is the surname Toomey most common?

Wikidata records people named Toomey in the United States.

How do you pronounce Toomey?

Toomey is /ˈtuːmi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Toomey getting more or less common?

Less common. 7,607 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,510 in 2010, down 1.3%.

The surname Toomey

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 7,510 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈtuːmi/ 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). Toomey is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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

Toomey 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 7,510 people named Toomey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,111 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,607.

#4,722

rank among US surnames

7,510

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,320)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,717	Berryman	7,517	41,073
#4,719	Nair	7,513	41,095
#4,721	Friesen	7,512	41,100
#4,722	Toomey	7,510	41,111
#4,723	Ault	7,509	41,117

Who is named Toomey

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

94% of people named Toomey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Toomeys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Pat Toomey
American businessman and politician (born 1961)
Bill Toomey
American decathlete, born 1939
Regis Toomey
American actor (1898–1991)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Twomey

Surnames that sound like Toomey

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Toomey come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tuama (“descendant of Tuaim”), a personal name apparently derived from tuaim (“burial mound”).
How common is the surname Toomey?: 7,510 people in the United States had the surname Toomey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,111 Americans. It ranked 4,722nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Toomey?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Toomey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Toomey?: Pat Toomey, American businessman and politician (born 1961), followed by Bill Toomey.
Where is the surname Toomey most common?: Wikidata records people named Toomey in the United States.
How do you pronounce Toomey?: Toomey is /ˈtuːmi/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Toomey?: Toomey is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Toomey getting more or less common?: Less common. 7,607 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,510 in 2010, down 1.3%.
What are other spellings of Toomey?: Twomey.