Toohey is used as a family name or surname in Australia. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Toohey
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Australia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Toohey

How popular is Toohey?

Toohey is common in Australia.

Toohey is ranked 62818 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Tooheies grew by 9.356725 per cent to 2618 since 2000 and ranked 11942 after elevating 29 spots. The last name was found in around 9 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.38 96.45
Hispanic or Latino 2.48 1.84
Others 0.95 0.63
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.57 0.42
Toohey is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Australia is ahead in terms of density. Around 7301 people have been found who wears Toohey as their family name. Toohey is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
14,078 Japan3
32,086 Mexico3
219,873 France2
118,441 Germany2
54,641 Sweden2
1,118 Isle of Man2
91,784 Netherlands2
24,176 Qatar1
30,360 Thailand1
897,276 Russia1
15,162 Costa Rica1
153,416 Italy1
47,891 Norway1
13,447 Uganda1
81,201 Switzerland1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
36,678 Singapore1
16,640 Hong Kong1
21,562 Portugal1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
18,457 Scotland20
Countries with hundreds of Toohey:
13,982 England419
13,479 Canada281
24,304 South Africa237
6,864 New Zealand107
3,646 Ireland104
Countries with thousands of Toohey:
11,198 United States3,217
1,102 Australia2,865
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Toohey worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 30 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Victoria and arrived on May 18, 1846. Workman Patrick Toohey, Malica Toohey, aged 23, Bridget Toohey (20) Workwoman, Julia Toohey, aged 18, John Toohey (26) Farmer, Darby Toohey, aged 28, 26 years old Martin Toohey, Workman John Toohey, and 37 other Toohey around 57.5% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant, stone cutter migrated to US.

Toohey Namesakes

  • John Toohey, Football player
  • Kelleen Toohey, Author
  • Meghan Toohey, Instrumentalist
  • Meghan Toohey, Instrumentalist

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