Toll is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Toll
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

1. A grove of lofty trees; a holt. 2. Toli, an Anglo-Saxon personal name.

Is variant of Dole. 1. Dole or doole is an eastern and sothern provincialism for a boundary mark, whether an earthen mound or a post of stone or wood. In the western counties it means a low, flat, place. 2. Dol, a well known town in Brittany. Doll, Dolle, De Doll. Hundred Rolls.

A variant of the Dolleman. Madman.

Descendant of Toll, a pet form of Bartholomew, i.e., son of Talmai, furrow; dweller, or collector, at a house.

Lastname Toll is variant form of Dole. Dweller at the division of land or boundary mark.

How popular is Toll?

Toll is common in United States, Australia, Germany, Sweden, England, Canada, South Africa, Poland, Spain, Italy.

Toll is ranked 64051 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Toll bearers increased by 4.98 per cent in 2010 US census to 2276 since 2000, the surname slipped by 416 spots and ranked at 13383. The last name was found in around 8 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.99 93.59
Hispanic or Latino 3.82 3.6
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.77 0
Black 1.41 1.15
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.53 0
Others 0.48 1.06
Toll is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Sweden is ahead in terms of density. Around 7818 people have been found who wears Toll as their family name. Toll is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Toll:
11,576 United States3,438
Countries with hundreds of Toll:
4,285 Australia834
13,230 Germany752
1,596 Sweden518
13,250 England413
10,681 Canada375
21,102 South Africa277
21,405 Poland254
15,520 Spain196
51,899 Italy117
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
24,763 Netherlands99
97,681 Brazil62
14,882 Hungary58
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,591 Liberia47
5,267 Estonia46
167,157 Russia46
143,950 France44
11,471 Dominican Republic31
4,095 Trinidad and Tobago30
36,996 Austria25
107,269 Argentina19
5,957 Cuba17
18,166 Scotland12
47,700 Israel12
28,765 New Zealand12
37,411 Norway12
83,447 Papua New Guinea11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
8,067 Panama10
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Michal Toll worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 23 years old embarked for USA from Dublin on Alhambra and arrived on June 1, 1846. Alice Toll (20) Maid, Mary-Ann Toll (25) Sewer, are others that migrated to US.

From Germany

27 years old tailor Philip Toll who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on April 1, 1852 by Northumberland put out from London. Elise Toll, aged 3, Margarethe Toll (33), Michel Toll, aged 38, 6 years old Anna-C. Toll, 20 years old Anna-M. Toll, 23 years old Barkel Toll, Hubert Toll, aged 24, Farmer Jacob Toll, and 118 other Toll around 51.56% of whom were farmer while others worked as daughter and laborer, joiner migrated to US.

Toll Namesakes

  • Eduard von Toll, Baltic German geologist and Arctic explorer
  • Johan Christopher Toll, Swedish statesman and soldier
  • Albert Toll, founder of Australia and New Zealand's largest transport company
  • John Toll, American cinematographer
  • John S. Toll, American physicist and educational administrator
  • Herman Toll, Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Steve Toll, former lacrosse player and current executive

Toll Namesakes

  • Eduard von Toll, Baltic German geologist and Arctic explorer
  • Johan Christopher Toll, Swedish statesman and soldier
  • Albert Toll, founder of Australia and New Zealand's largest transport company
  • John Toll, American cinematographer
  • John S. Toll, American physicist and educational administrator
  • Herman Toll, Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Steve Toll, former lacrosse player and current executive

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