The Toole surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,534 people carried this name — #5,331 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 6,328 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Toole surname

As a surname in the United Kingdom

Harrison classes it as a Celtic name: ‘Descendant of Tuathal, i.e. the Left-Handed’.

Harrison refers Toole to O'Toole: from the Irish O'Tuathail.

From Henry Harrison, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary, vol. II (London: The Morland Press, 1918), p. 54 · public domain.

In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 100 births for the Toole name in 1890.

They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 4,400 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 2 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born, 1890

Leinster 61
Connacht 34
Munster 4
Ulster 1

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In print

Toole in American newspapers,
1844–1906.

Newspaper page from The North-Carolina Standard carrying the name Toole
The North-Carolina Standard 1844-10-23
Newspaper page from News-Observer-Chronicle carrying the name Toole
News-Observer-Chronicle 1893-11-12
Newspaper page from Bill Barlow'S Budget carrying the name Toole
Bill Barlow'S Budget 1906-11-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 113,877 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Toole in Australian newspapers,
1820s–2010s.

26,767 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Toole. The most, 4,232, date from the 1890s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in the Northern Territory, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 10,273
Victoria 7,512
Queensland 3,413
South Australia 2,514
Tasmania 1,501
Western Australia 1,336
ACT (Canberra) 114
Northern Territory 75

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

Who carried it

People named Toole,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Lawrence Toole
    John Lawrence Toole 1830–1906 · comedian
  • Joseph Toole
    Joseph Toole 1851–1929 · politician
  • Steve Toole
    Steve Toole 1859–1919 · baseball player
  • John Conway Toole
    John Conway Toole 1869–1929
  • Wycliffe D. Toole, Jr.
    Wycliffe D. Toole, Jr. 1927–2018

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 57 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Toole,
in the records of 7 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 States2,375 records

2,375 records of the Toole name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1,262
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 373
  • Other U.S. records 740
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert B. Toole

    Born 1923 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at New York City; plumber from Kings County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Toole

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Baltic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 19; servant. From Mayo, Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Terry Edward Toole

    Born 1947; from Auburn, New York. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of wounds 1969 in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 2,375 records for Toole in the United States.

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

Australia566 records

566 records of the Toole name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 219
  • Tasmanian Names Index 121
  • Other Australian records 226
  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 Margaret Toole

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Midlothian, sailing from Kingston in 1852. Native of Galway. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1855. Married 1855 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 20.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Elizabeth Toole

    Died 1939 in Tasmania, aged 53. Will registered in Tasmania in 1940.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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 Margt Toole

    Arrived in Victoria in 1859 aboard the Ocean Chief, aged 25; Scottish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 566 records for Toole in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands271 records

271 records of the Toole name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 182
  • Dutch population registers 76
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 13
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johannes Toole

    Married in 1900 in Onstwedde; shoemaker. Died 1957 in Kiel-Windeweer (Hoogezand-Sappemeer), aged 79.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Dirk Willem Toole

    Married in 1874 in 's-Gravenhage; upholsterer. Died 1922 in Neede, aged 71.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Geertruida Maria Toole

    Born 1903 in 's-Gravenhage. Died 1937 in 's-Gravenhage, aged 34.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 271 records for Toole in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Canada161 records

161 records of the Toole name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 123
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 17
  • Other Canadian records 21
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Harold Toole

    Buried in 1982 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 77.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record John Archer Toole

    Buried in 1963 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 79.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Elenor Toole

    Died 1922 in Kingston, Kings, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 161 records for Toole in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom14 records

14 records of the Toole name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 8
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 4
  • Stirling Council burial records 2
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Laurence Toole

    Died 1993, aged 61; buried at Ballengeich Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary Toole

    Buried in 1822 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 52.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record G. Toole

    Army Service Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Toole in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Ireland6 records

6 records of the Toole name in Ireland County Galway graveyard records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record John Toole

    Died 1874, aged 38; buried at Oranmore (Medieval), Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Bridget Toole

    Died 1933; buried at Dunmore, Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Patrick Toole

    Died 1905; buried at Kilcummin, Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Toole in Ireland.

Counts: Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

New Zealand1 record

1 record of the Toole name in New Zealand War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record E. J. Toole

    New Zealand Mounted Rifles. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

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