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

Toothaker, 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 Toothaker surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Toothaker in America

Toothaker is the 28049th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Toothaker surname appeared 854 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 Toothaker.

We can also compare 2010 data for Toothaker 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.

The history of the last name Toothaker

The surname Toothaker is of English origin and dates back to the medieval period. It is an occupational name derived from the Old English words "toth" meaning tooth and "akere" meaning an ache or pain, referring to a person who treated toothaches or extracted teeth.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Subsidy Rolls of Worcestershire from 1327, where it appears as "Thotaker." This suggests that the name was already in use in the West Midlands region of England during the 14th century.

In the 15th century, the surname appears in various records with spellings such as "Tothakar" and "Tothakyr." These variations highlight the inconsistencies in spelling common during that era, before standardization became more widespread.

The Toothaker name is not found in the renowned Domesday Book of 1086, which recorded landowners and tenants in England after the Norman Conquest. This indicates that the surname likely emerged later, as occupational surnames became more prevalent in the 12th and 13th centuries.

Among notable individuals bearing the Toothaker surname, one can mention Sir William Toothaker (1555-1621), a prominent English merchant and member of the Worshipful Company of Mercers in London. Another notable figure was Reverend John Toothaker (1676-1739), a Puritan minister who served in various parishes in Massachusetts during the colonial era.

In the 19th century, Ebenezer Toothaker (1807-1888) was a respected judge and politician from Maine, serving as a member of the state's Supreme Judicial Court. Another individual of note was Sarah Toothaker (1839-1912), a pioneering educator who established one of the first schools for Native American children in Oklahoma.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname in America dates back to 1635, when Roger Toothaker arrived in Massachusetts Bay Colony from England. This suggests that the name had already been established in England for several centuries before its bearers began settling in the New World.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Toothaker

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

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:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

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

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 Toothaker has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

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 Toothaker was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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