Tollemache

English

Etymology

Metonymic occupational surname for an itinerant merchant, from Old French talemasche (“knapsack”). Compare Talmadge.

Proper noun

Tollemache (plural Tollemaches)

1. A surname from Old French.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Tollemache is the 39547^th most common surname in England, belonging to 80 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tollemache”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.