Tough Family History
Tough Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Tulloch. In Scotland it is
pronounced tyookh.English: nickname for a
valiant or stubborn person, from Middle English togh,
tow(e) ‘steadfast’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Tough
Name Distribution of Tough Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Tough families
 6 - 9  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Tough families
|
26 - 50 9 - 25 |
1 - 8 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Tough families
|
183 - 363 62 - 182 |
1 - 61 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Tough census records
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Tough Family Origin
Tough Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Tough
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Tough Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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