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    The surname Toon

    A surname, carried by 2,636 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /tuːn/ 1 syllable Soundex T500

    Toon: #11,877 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Toon #11,877, 2,636 people Toon: #11,877 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Toon #11,877, 2,636 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Toon is more common than 92.7% of them.

    Origin

    (in Newcastle) Geordie pronunciation spelling of town.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,636 people named Toon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,127 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,535.

    #11,877
    rank among US surnames
    2,636
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #11,399)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,870Douthit2,638117,038
    #11,874Bousquet2,637117,082
    #11,877Gove2,636117,127
    #11,882Erikson2,635117,171
    #11,886Burse2,634117,215

    Who is named Toon

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

    80% of people named Toon identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Toons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Michael Toon
      Australian rower, born 1979

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Toon

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Toon come from?
    (in Newcastle) Geordie pronunciation spelling of town.
    How common is the surname Toon?
    2,636 people in the United States had the surname Toon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,127 Americans. It ranked 11,877th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Toon?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Toon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Toon?
    Michael Toon, Australian rower.
    Where is the surname Toon most common?
    Wikidata records people named Toon in Australia.
    How do you pronounce Toon?
    Toon is /tuːn/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Toon getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,535 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,636 in 2010, up 4.0%.