Last Name TOVEY

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Meaning The son of Tofig or Tovi. Tofig the Proud was Harold's forerunner in the foundation of Waltham. He appears in Florence as 'Danicus et praepotens vir Tovius, Pruda cognomento.' He signs himself in 1033 as 'Tovi Pruda.'
Origin English, Jewish, Irish

Rank 27,128 (2000 US census) 24,140 (1990 US census)
Count 839 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.11%, or 798 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 1.07%, or 9 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.95%, or 8 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 1.91%, or 16 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


English surnames

 English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Russian middle names

 As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...

Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

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