The Tolle surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,564 people carried this name — #9,155 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 82,600 people counted. That is up 8% from 3,302 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 148 people named Tolle.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Jura.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
37 people named Tolle live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Tolle in American newspapers,
1905–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 38,965 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Tolle,
with a public archive behind them.
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Konrad Tolle d. 1877
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Max Tolle 1864–1945 · engineer
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Eckhart Tolle 1948– · writer
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Eckhart Tolle 1948– · writer
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Jim Tolle 1949– · missionary
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Stuart Tolle 1962– · American football player
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tolle.
- Tokarz 1,392 · U.S. census
- Tola 553 · U.S. census
- Toledano 1,036 · U.S. census
- Toledo 19,474 · U.S. census
- Tolla 162 · U.S. census
- Tollard 122 · U.S. census
- Tollis 255 · U.S. census
- Tolosa 758 · U.S. census
- Tom 10,350 · U.S. census
- Toma 4,399 · U.S. census
- Tomas 7,673 · U.S. census
- Tomaselli 1,006 · U.S. census
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