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

Family Name / Last Name: Tuohy
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Tuohy

How popular is Tuohy?

Tuohy is common in Ireland.

Tuohy is ranked 70752 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Tuohy bearers increased by 3.907638 per cent in 2010 US census to 1755 since 2000, the surname slipped by 570 spots and ranked at 16395. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.64 97.16
Hispanic or Latino 1.88 1.66
Others 0.68 0.59
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.57 0.36
Tuohy is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 6349 people have been found who wears Tuohy as their family name. Tuohy is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
2,935 Angola3
124,420 Spain3
65,594 Belgium2
91,784 Netherlands2
9,185 Hong Kong2
134,667 Zimbabwe1
174,544 Czech Republic1
897,276 Russia1
172,258 Germany1
18,969 Wales1
7,292 Vietnam1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
40,340 Malaysia1
66,560 Philippines1
21,562 Portugal1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
29,046 Japan1
36,678 Singapore1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
77,122 Sweden1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
56,169 Mexico1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
59,867 Canada50
36,547 Switzerland27
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,374 Chile99
2,305 Northern Ireland95
78,184 Italy67
Countries with hundreds of Tuohy:
7,731 England877
6,004 Australia486
17,476 South Africa347
5,046 Scotland112
6,765 New Zealand109
Countries with thousands of Tuohy:
14,054 United States2,432
468 Ireland1,616
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Jas.D. Tuohy worked as clerk and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 21 years old embarked for USA from St. Johns, Newfoundland on Chatham and arrived on June 18, 1849. Patt Tuohy, aged 30, Spinster Hanorah Tuohy, Patt Tuohy (2), Mary Tuohy, aged Born at sea, Biddy Tuohy, aged 18, 22 years old Mary Tuohy, Honora Tuohy (23) Maid, Michael Tuohy (7), and 10 other Tuohy around 40% of whom were servant while others worked as workman migrated to US.

Tuohy Namesakes

  • Leigh Anne Tuohy, Michael Oher's mother
  • Tom Tuohy, Author
  • Dermot Tuohy, Actor
  • Leigh Anne Tuohy, Michael Oher's mother
  • Liam Tuohy, Soccer player
  • Patrick Tuohy, Artist
  • Liam Tuohy, Television actor
  • Sean Tuohy, Sports commentator
  • Sean Tuohy Jr., Michael Oher's brother
  • Zach Tuohy, Australian Rules Footballer

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