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O%27toole Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tuathail ‘descendant of Tuathal’, an old Celtic personal name composed of the elements tuath ‘people’ + gal ‘mighty’. This is the name of distinct families in Leinster and Ulster.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: O'boyle, Toole, Thole, Tooley, Thode, O'tool, Ortloff, Toye, Petzold

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You can see how O%27toole families moved over time by selecting different census years. The O%27toole family name was found in the USA, and Scotland between 1861 and 1920. The most O%27toole families were found in USA in 1880. In 1861 there were 6 O%27toole families living in Midlothian. This was 100% of all the recorded O%27toole's in Scotland. Midlothian had the highest population of O%27toole families in 1861.
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Between 1981 and 2004, in the United States, O%27toole life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1992, and highest in 2003. The average life expectancy for O%27toole in 1981 was 54, and 74 in 2004.

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