Toole is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Toole
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

See O'Toole - The O'Tooles, or Tuaghalls, claim an ancient Milesian descent from Cathaor More, King of Leinster, of the race of Laogaore, Monarch of Ireland, contemporary with St. Patrick. At the time of the English invasion under Henry II, they held a great territory in county of Wicklow. From the Telegraph, Irish newspaper.

Variation of Tooley. One who came from Tooley, i.e., lookout hill, in Leicestershire; descendant of Tuathal, i.e., people, mighty.

Variant of the Toland. One who came from Tolland, i.e., land on Tone River, in Somerset.

Toole is variant of the O'Toole. Grandson of Tuatal meaning "people mighty".

Is a variant of O'Toole. The O'Tooles, or Tuaghalls, claim an ancient Milesian descent from Cathaor More, King of Leinster, of the race of Laogaore, Monarch of Ireland, contemporary with St. Patrick. At the time of the English invasion under Henry II, they held a great territory in county of Wicklow. From the Telegraph, Irish newspaper.

How popular is Toole?

Toole is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, Ireland, Scotland.

Toole is ranked 38320 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Toole bearers increased by 3.26 per cent in 2010 US census to 6534 since 2000, the surname slipped by 241 spots and ranked at 5331. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.49 88.1
Black 9.26 8.68
Hispanic or Latino 1.94 1.39
Others 1.47 1.07
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.46 0.3
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.38 0.46
Toole is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Jersey is ahead in terms of density. Around 13744 people have been found who wears Toole as their family name. Toole is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Toole:
4,940 United States9,026
4,551 England1,617
3,148 Australia1,183
4,678 Canada1,000
Countries with hundreds of Toole:
1,268 Ireland502
4,267 Scotland109
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,123 New Zealand53
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,946 Wales31
87,346 South Africa29
137,699 Germany28
122,818 DR Congo27
6,545 Northern Ireland17
70,951 Netherlands14
1,718 Jersey12
407,040 Thailand11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
22,254 Uruguay10
36,884 United Arab Emirates9
440,995 Brazil7
47,603 Denmark6

Toole Namesakes

  • F.X. Toole,
  • K. Ross Toole, American historian, author
  • John Kennedy Toole, American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana
  • John Lawrence Toole, English comic actor
  • Joseph Toole, Democratic politician from Montana
  • Steve Toole, 19th-century Major League Baseball player

Toole Namesakes

  • F.X. Toole,
  • K. Ross Toole, American historian, author
  • John Kennedy Toole, American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana
  • John Lawrence Toole, English comic actor
  • Joseph Toole, Democratic politician from Montana
  • Steve Toole, 19th-century Major League Baseball player

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