Tobey is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Tobey
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Tobey

How popular is Tobey?

Tobey is common in United States.

Tobey is ranked 78866 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Tobey bearers increased by 4.857622 per cent in 2010 US census to 3756 since 2000, the surname slipped by 257 spots and ranked at 8732. The last name was found in around 13 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.96 91.37
Others 2.9 2.65
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.34 2.54
Black 2.1 1.7
Hispanic or Latino 1.78 1.31
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.91 0.42
Tobey is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Marshall Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 5583 people have been found who wears Tobey as their family name. Tobey is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
275,830 Ukraine8
20,790 Nigeria6
46,707 New Zealand5
10,542 China4
90,215 Germany3
67,494 South Africa3
14,078 Japan3
1,347 Liberia2
28,365 Kenya1
50,549 Georgia1
810,193 Indonesia1
2,877 Cuba1
17,236 Ghana1
3,350 Fiji1
6,149 Ethiopia1
91,024 Belgium1
30,360 Thailand1
169,904 Brazil1
8,859 Iraq1
6,212 Jamaica1
56,169 Mexico1
118,015 Netherlands1
49,529 Israel1
81,201 Switzerland1
15,705 Cameroon1
53,505 Turkey1
31,207 Ireland1
356 Eritrea1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
51,763 Australia37
32,811 Sweden29
652 Marshall Islands19
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,858 Hong Kong83
50,317 England75
Countries with hundreds of Tobey:
1,368 Taiwan232
16,464 Canada224
Countries with thousands of Tobey:
7,798 United States4,830
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Haner Tobey worked as sewer and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 21 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Rappahannock and arrived on July 5, 1849.

Tobey Namesakes

  • Alton Tobey, Artist
  • Kenneth Tobey, Television actor
  • Kenneth Tobey, Television actor
  • Bram Tobey, Recording Engineer
  • Kenneth Tobey, Television actor
  • Kenneth Tobey, Television actor
  • Kenneth Tobey, Television actor
  • Kenneth Tobey, Television actor
  • Alton Tobey, Artist
  • Paul Tobey, Jazz Pianist

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