Tolan is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Tolan
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Tolan

How popular is Tolan?

Tolan is common in United States.

Tolan is ranked 50328 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Tolans grew by 11.95402 per cent to 1948 since 2000 and ranked 15140 after elevating 315 spots. The last name was found in around 7 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 85.78 88.91
Black 6.01 5.69
Hispanic or Latino 3.34 1.9
Others 2.36 1.55
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.8 1.32
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.72 0.63
Tolan is quite popular family name mostly used in Turkey while Montserrat is ahead in terms of density. Around 9436 people have been found who wears Tolan as their family name. Tolan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
275,830 Ukraine8
126 Montserrat6
8,657 Lebanon2
65,594 Belgium2
124,220 Italy2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
5,217 Zambia2
4,231 Jamaica2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
53,033 Nigeria1
10,683 Cyprus1
30,360 Thailand1
2,578 Guam1
90,903 Moldova1
120,357 Argentina1
5,924 Paraguay1
58,885 Poland1
34,581 Chile1
12,745 Luxembourg1
28,365 Kenya1
1,819 Laos1
18,969 Wales1
17,575 Kuwait1
165,773 Belarus1
20,172 Hungary1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,040 Scotland39
14,946 New Zealand38
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
331,856 Russia21
94,051 Kazakhstan19
69,202 Netherlands18
6,298 Trinidad and Tobago15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
44,254 Canada71
38,122 Australia56
237,542 India53
Countries with hundreds of Tolan:
4,353 Romania543
12,259 England495
1,266 Ireland448
37,149 Indonesia267
59,024 Germany168
77,708 France122
23,229 Spain121
Countries with thousands of Tolan:
3,903 Turkey2,481
3,395 Egypt2,247
15,629 United States2,139
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Michael Tolan worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 35 years old embarked for USA from Galway on Sea Bird and arrived on April 28, 1849. 21 years old Michael Tolan, John Tolan (40) Workman, Anth. Tolan (24) Workman, Brid. Tolan, Brid. Tolan, aged 10 months old, Immigrant Nancy Tolan, 6 years old Michael Tolan, Pat Tolan, aged 4, and 15 other Tolan around 76.47% of whom were workman while others worked as servant migrated to US from Galway, Liverpool and Londonderry.

Tolan Namesakes

  • Lee Toland Krieger, Film director
  • Eddie Tolan, Olympic athlete
  • Brentwood S. Tolan, Architect
  • Brook Toland, Television actress
  • Gregg Toland, Cinematographer
  • Eamonn Toland, Anne Lakey's husband
  • Lathan Toland, Film actor
  • Brook Toland, Television actress
  • Thomas J. Tolan, Architect
  • Brentwood S. Tolan, Architect

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