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There are approximately 1,314 people named Tooke in the UK. That makes it the 6,070th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 21 are named Tooke.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


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The Tooke surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

TOOKE. A name of doubtful origiu, because the several etymons which have been suggested ai"e of nearlj" equal probability. I. The De prefixed to the name Tuke, or Tonke, of the midland counties points to a local origin, and that family are said to have sprung from the Sieur de Touque, whose ancient barony in Normandy (arrondissement of Pont I'Eveque) was written in charters Touqua. I do not find Domesd. authority for this, though I do find in that ancient record (TI) as landowners, prior to its compilation, persons bearing the baptismal names of Toe, Tocho, Tochi, and Toka, as well as the patronymic form, Godi'ic Tokesoti, III. It may be from

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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