Toloczko last name popularity, history, and meaning

Find out how popular the last name Toloczko is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Toloczko.

Meaning of Toloczko

A Polish surname derived from a diminutive form of the name Tołok.

Toloczko, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Toloczko surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Toloczko in America

Toloczko is the 139228th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Toloczko surname appeared 120 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Toloczko.

We can also compare 2010 data for Toloczko to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

	2010	2000	Change (%)
Rank	139228	139757	-0.38%
Count	120	110	8.70%
Proportion per 100k	0.04	0.04	0.00%

The history of the last name Toloczko

The surname Toloczko has its origins in the Slavic regions of Eastern Europe, with its earliest known records dating back to the 16th century. The name is believed to have derived from the Polish word "tołoka," which refers to a communal labor system or the gathering of villagers to perform tasks for the benefit of the community.

Historically, the name Toloczko was predominantly found in the areas of modern-day Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus. It is likely that the surname was originally associated with individuals who organized or participated in these communal labor efforts, or perhaps those who lived in villages where such practices were common.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Toloczko can be found in the parish records of the village of Koropiec, located in what is now western Ukraine, dated around the late 1500s. These records document several families with the surname, indicating their presence in the region at that time.

In the 17th century, the name Toloczko appeared in various historical documents and records from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which encompassed parts of modern-day Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine. This suggests that the name had spread across the region during this period.

Notable individuals bearing the surname Toloczko include:

Jakub Toloczko (c. 1620-1695), a Polish landowner and nobleman from the village of Toloczki near Brest, now in Belarus.
Andrzej Toloczko (1745-1810), a Ukrainian-born Polish writer and philosopher known for his works on ethics and moral philosophy.
Halyna Toloczko (1880-1942), a Ukrainian folk artist and embroiderer whose works are preserved in various museum collections.
Ihor Toloczko (1919-1998), a Ukrainian-born Soviet Army officer who fought in World War II and was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union medal in 1944.
Yuriy Toloczko (b. 1965), a Ukrainian historian and archaeologist specializing in the study of ancient Slavic cultures and the Kyivan Rus' period.

While the name Toloczko may have initially been associated with specific regions or villages, it eventually spread across Eastern Europe and became more widespread, particularly in areas with significant Polish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian populations.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Toloczko

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Toloczko.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

White only
Black only
American Indian and Alaskan Native only
Asian and Pacific Islander only
Hispanic
Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Toloczko was:

Race/Ethnicity	Percentage	Total Occurrences
Non-Hispanic White Only	96.67%	116
Non-Hispanic Black Only	0.00%	0
Non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander Only	0.00%	0
Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native	(S)%	(S)
Non-Hispanic of Two or More Races	(S)%	(S)
Hispanic Origin	0.00%	0

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Toloczko has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

	2010	2000	Change (%)
White	96.67%	99.09%	-2.47%
Black	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Asian and Pacific Islander	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	(S)%	0.00%	(S)%
Two or More Races	(S)%	(S)%	(S)%
Hispanic	0.00%	(S)%	(S)%

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Toloczko was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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