How common is the surname Tovey?

868 people in the United States had the surname Tovey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 355,698 Americans. It ranked 27,707th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tovey?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Tovey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Tovey?

Russell Tovey, British actor, followed by Donald Tovey.

Where is the surname Tovey most common?

Wikidata records people named Tovey in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia.

How do you pronounce Tovey?

Tovey is /ˈtəʊvi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Tovey getting more or less common?

More common. 839 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 868 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Tovey

A Norse surname, carried by 868 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈtəʊvi/ 2 syllables Soundex T100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tovey is more common than 82.9% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

From the Old Norse personal name Tófi, a reduced form of any of various personal names containing the element Þórr (“Thor”).

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 868 people named Tovey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 355,698 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 839.

#27,707

rank among US surnames

868

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #27,128)

Who is named Tovey

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

93% of people named Tovey identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Toveys

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Russell Tovey
British actor, born 1981
Donald Tovey
British composer, pianist and musicologist (1875–1940)
Neil Tovey
Association footballer, born 1962
Jessica Tovey
Australian actress, born 1987

Notable Toveys come mostly from the United Kingdom (2), South Africa (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tovey

Tovey has the Soundex code T100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T100.

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Tovey come from?: From the Old Norse personal name Tófi, a reduced form of any of various personal names containing the element Þórr (“Thor”).
How common is the surname Tovey?: 868 people in the United States had the surname Tovey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 355,698 Americans. It ranked 27,707th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tovey?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Tovey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Tovey?: Russell Tovey, British actor, followed by Donald Tovey.
Where is the surname Tovey most common?: Wikidata records people named Tovey in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia.
How do you pronounce Tovey?: Tovey is /ˈtəʊvi/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Tovey getting more or less common?: More common. 839 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 868 in 2010, up 3.5%.