The Toler surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,427 people carried this name — #3,757 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 9,091 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Toler surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a name of office: ‘the toller’.

An early record he cites: Bartholomew le Toller, c. 1300 — Writs of Parliament.

His entry covers Toller and Toler.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 756 · public domain.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 30 people named Toler live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Entre Ríos.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 30

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

21 families named Toler, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 104 people lived in those households, 5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 3 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

North Carolina 13
Virginia 6
Maine 1
Rhode Island 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 265 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Toler in American newspapers,
1907–1921.

Newspaper page from The Greenville Times carrying the name Toler
The Greenville Times 1907-10-13
Newspaper page from Evening Times-republican carrying the name Toler
Evening Times-republican 1908-12-17
Newspaper page from The Manning Times carrying the name Toler
The Manning Times 1921-10-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 74,815 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Toler in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1950s.

481 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Toler. The most, 102, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 3.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 206
New South Wales 118
Victoria 60
Queensland 46
Western Australia 34
Tasmania 14
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Toler.

Who carried it

People named Toler,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Catherine Toler d. 1798
  • Mary Aylward d. 1880
  • Merial Elizabeth Toler d. 1912
  • Isabel Frances Elizabeth Toler d. 1955
  • Daniel Toler, 2nd Baron Norwood of Knockalton d. 1832
  • Nicholas Toler 1670–

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Toler,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States521 records

521 records of the Toler name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 341
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 119
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 29
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 15
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Fred M. Toler

    Born 1903 in Kansas. Enlisted 1942 at Denver, Colorado; sales agent from Denver County, Colorado. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1979, buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Joseph Bernard Toler

    Born 1943; from Washington, D.C. U.S. Marine Corps, mortarman; died in an accident 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Toler

    Arrived at New York in 1854 aboard the Universe from Liverpool, aged 19; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 521 records for Toler in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia8 records

8 records of the Toler name in Australia
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 4
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record James Toler

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Strathfieldsay, arriving 1836; ticket of leave 1845. Native of London.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Philip Toler

    Arrived in Victoria in 1858 aboard the Morning Star, aged 27.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Teresa Toler

    Arrived in Tasmania in 1863 aboard the Greyhound from Liverpool.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Toler in Australia.

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Toler name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Joseph Toler

    Married 1778 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Isabell Toler

    Married 1835 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Peter Toler

    Listed at Prospect Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1827.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 6 records for Toler in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France1 record

1 record of the Toler name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Thomas Villard Toler

    Born 1927 in the United States; died 1992 in Saint-Martin (Guadeloupe).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Toler name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Cornelia Toler

    Died 1884 in Wilnis.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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