Tobias Family History

Tobias Surname Meaning

English, German, Dutch, and Jewish; Spanish (Tobías); Hungarian (Tóbiás); Czech (Tobiáš) and Slovak (Tobiaš, Tobiáš, Tóbiáš, Tóbiaš): from the Biblical personal name Tobias (Spanish Tobías, Hungarian Tóbiás, Czech and Slovak Tobiáš) from a Greek and Latin form of the Hebrew name Tovyah ‘Jehovah is good’, which together with various derivative forms has been popular among Jews for generations.

Among Christians, it has been in use in the earliest time already. Germanized or Americanized form of Polish Tobiasz or Croatian Tobijaš, a cognate of 1 above.

Slovenian: from a German or Latin form of the Biblical personal name Tobija (see 1 above).

In North America, this surname may also be an altered form of the variant Tobijas.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Tobia, Tobin, Tobiasz, Golias, Dobias, Tougas, Matias, Bias, Robins, Tomas

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12K	Military Records
10K	Immigration Records
53K	Census and Voter Lists
110K	Member Trees

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Where is the Tobias family from?

You can see how Tobias families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Tobias family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Tobias families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 85 Tobias families living in London. This was about 32% of all the recorded Tobias's in United Kingdom. London had the highest population of Tobias families in 1891.

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What did your Tobias ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Master tailor and Unpaid domestic duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the United Kingdom named Tobias. 16% of Tobias men worked as a Master tailor and 79% of Tobias women worked as an Unpaid domestic duties. Some less common occupations for Americans named Tobias were job buyer and Unpaid domestic.

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Master tailor

16%

Master baker

11%

Cabinet maker

11%

job buyer

11%

Unpaid domestic duties

79%

Housewife

Incapacitated

Unpaid domestic

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Census Record

There are 53K census records available for the last name Tobias. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Tobias census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more.

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Passenger List

There are 10K immigration records available for the last name Tobias. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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Military Records

There are 12K military records available for the last name Tobias. For the veterans among your Tobias ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Tobias lifespan?

Between 1943 and 2004, in the United States, Tobias life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1955, and highest in 2004. The average life expectancy for Tobias in 1943 was 61, and 78 in 2004.

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Tobias Surname Meaning

Among Christians, it has been in use in the earliest time already. Germanized or Americanized form of Polish Tobiasz or Croatian Tobijaš, a cognate of 1 above.

Slovenian: from a German or Latin form of the Biblical personal name Tobija (see 1 above).

In North America, this surname may also be an altered form of the variant Tobijas.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Where is the Tobias family from?

What did your Tobias ancestors do for a living?

Data not to scale

We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Master tailor

16%

Master baker

11%

Cabinet maker

11%

job buyer

11%

Unpaid domestic duties

79%

Housewife

Incapacitated

Unpaid domestic

What Tobias family records will you find?

What is the average Tobias lifespan?

Between 1943 and 2004, in the United States, Tobias life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1955, and highest in 2004. The average life expectancy for Tobias in 1943 was 61, and 78 in 2004.

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Tobias Surname Meaning

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Tobias Surname Meaning

288,000 record(s) for Tobias

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Where is the Tobias family from?

What did your Tobias ancestors do for a living?

Top Male Occupations In 1939

Top Female Occupations In 1939

What Tobias family records will you find?

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Passenger List

Military Records

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What is the average Tobias lifespan?

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