Tob Forename

548,616th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 263 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados

Tob Forename Definition:

Tob, good, goodness. A country of Palestine, lying beyond Jordan, in the northern part of Manasseh. Judges xi. 3, 5.

Tob Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States-601:6,042,28371,113
Cambodia
53%
 
381:428,2469,838
India
69%
 
381:31,970,473641,623
Senegal
 
92%
251:583,2547,036
DR Congo
100%
211:3,515,60073,131
Indonesia-151:17,197,578460,669
Thailand
 
59%
121:5,838,818101,178
Russia-81:18,029,21355,117
Germany
100%
71:13,811,12541,547
Sweden
100%
31:3,285,96941,581
England
100%
31:18,534,307106,915
Afghanistan
100%
21:16,311,75848,279
Malaysia
83%
 
21:15,224,970260,513
Nigeria
100%
21:88,782,180420,186
Iran-21:39,248,43450,459
Canada-21:16,566,68686,787
Brazil-21:107,118,077571,487
Benin-21:5,287,92261,990
Philippines
100%
11:106,009,477690,015
Poland
100%
11:38,027,1129,241
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
South Africa-11:54,532,649471,300
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377
Liberia
100%
11:4,412,06136,340
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Israel-11:8,402,91845,019
Guinea-11:11,858,6477,978
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Estonia-11:1,315,3808,883
Congo
100%
11:5,009,20537,978
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996
Burkina Faso
100%
11:18,379,469100,219
Belgium-11:11,490,04143,727
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Argentina
100%
11:42,773,24343,333

Tob (2,054) may also be a surname.

Tob Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Tob, good, goodness. A country of Palestine, lying beyond Jordan, in the northern part of Manasseh. Judges xi. 3, 5.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: good.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

Tob Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toib861,821/
Toeb86274/
Toyb8675/
Tobh8657/
Thob8630/
Toub8628/
Toob8619/
Tobs869/
Tobz865/
Topb864/
Tobd862/
Tobt862/
Tosb861/
Thobh75281/
Thoib75253/
Thoob7534/
Toibh7518/
Thoeb7517/
Thoub756/
Tohyb753/
Thosb752/
Tohhb751/
Dtoeb751/
Htoib751/
Toobz751/
Toobh751/
Top677,730/
Tab677,496/
Tow671,868/
Tof67367/
Tov67341/
Teb67290/
Tub67239/
Tdweob671/
Touhyb671/
Toddtb671/

Tob Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tob in the Russian language
Тобtob-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tob