Tokar Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Whether you spell it Tokar or Tokarz, the story begins in the same place. Name scholars give the meaning as “Turner (lathe worker)”.

• Records show Tokar as one of the forms Tokarz took over time.
• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Tokar with 1,332 bearers, at rank 20,065. It sits within the 25,000 most common last names in the country.

Tokar coat of arms

There is no single Tokar family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. For the full story, order the Tokar surname pack.