Toby is used as a family name or surname in England, Netherlands. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Toby
No. of characters: 4
Origin: England, Netherlands
Meaning:

Descendant of Tobias, or the pet form Toby meaning "Jehovah is good".

Toby is the variation of Tobias. Descendant of Tobias, or the pet form Toby meaning "Jehovah is good".

The nickname of Tobias.

How popular is Toby?

Toby is common in Nigeria, United States, Liberia, Israel, Lebanon, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Trinidad and Tobago, England, Ghana, Egypt, Canada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Toby is ranked 45376 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Tobys grew by 12.5 per cent to 1548 since 2000 and ranked 18028 after elevating 478 spots. The last name was found in around 5 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 60.01 62.94
Black 29.59 28.78
Hispanic or Latino 3.49 2.91
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.17 3.27
Toby is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria however Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is ahead in terms of density. Around 11446 people have been found who wears Toby as their family name. Toby is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Toby:
6,224 Nigeria1,988
18,904 United States1,900
316 Liberia1,833
703 Israel1,801
Countries with hundreds of Toby:
1,266 Lebanon703
7,009 Australia469
2,233 Papua New Guinea389
740 Trinidad and Tobago302
17,371 England281
9,187 Ghana277
25,756 Egypt214
23,920 Canada146
199 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines124
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
95,389 Indonesia95
29,463 Netherlands77
23,883 Belgium65
8,855 Iraq63
52,776 Iran62
24,906 Kazakhstan60
120,603 France59
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
305 Sierra Leone49
274,051 India43
9,760 Jordan41
3,502 Suriname38
43,620 Cameroon37
84,236 South Africa31
14,967 Kuwait29
2,967 China25
20,367 New Zealand23
12,022 Wales17
196,901 Germany15
3,469 Nicaragua14
334,277 Russia14
126,214 Poland11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
7,581 Jamaica10
36,884 United Arab Emirates9
6,279 Guyana9
3,802 Hong Kong9
14,544 Palestine6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

G. Toby worked as gentleman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 65 years old embarked for USA from Halifax & Liverpool on America and arrived on May 8, 1849. Servant Daniel Toby, Margret Toby (35) Maid, Edmond Toby, aged 10, Betsy Toby (8), Michael Toby, Pat Toby (30) Immigrant, Immigrant Mrs Toby, Bridgt. Toby (27) Maid, and 6 other Toby around 42.86% of whom were servant while others worked as workman migrated to US.

From Germany

Johanne Toby was 21 years old when she migrated to Wisconsin on May 26, 1869. She lived in Strassburg, Germany and took Everhard Delius from Bremen. Simun Toby, aged 22, 6 years old Friedrich Toby, Heinrich Toby, aged 38, Hironimus Toby, aged 28, Marie Toby (28), Laborer Louis Toby, are other Toby that migrated to US.

Toby Namesakes

  • Ryan Toby, American singer, songwriter, producer, and actor

Toby Namesakes

  • Ryan Toby, American singer, songwriter, producer, and actor

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