About the Tofte Surname

Tofte? Think of it as Toft with a different pen. In origin, the name means “A dweller at a toft, a yard enclosing a residence”.

• The extra “e” in Tofte is a spelling habit rather than a different name.
• Other spellings include Thoft.
• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• The 2010 US Census counted 722 people named Tofte, ranking it number 31,960 among American surnames. It sits among the 50,000 most common last names in the country.

Arms associated with the name

There is no single Tofte family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Want more than a summary? See the Tofte family name pack.