Toby Forename
11,996th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 83,019 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands
Toby Forename Definition:
An Anglicisation of the preceding. In Ireland ‘it has enjoyed the honour, together with Thaddeus and Timothy, of figuring as an equivalent for (Erse) Tadgh, a poet,’ Yonge.
Toby Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 76% | 49,002 | 1:7,398 | 896 |
| England | 100% | 15,297 | 1:3,635 | 464 |
| Australia | - | 3,812 | 1:3,583 | 552 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 2,418 | 1:9,772 | 1,594 |
| Canada | 99% | 2,329 | 1:14,226 | 1,460 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,349 | 1:3,363 | 559 |
| Netherlands | 98% | 726 | 1:23,281 | 2,108 |
| Egypt | 83% | 672 | 1:136,757 | 5,674 |
| Israel | 63% | 645 | 1:13,028 | 1,481 |
| Nigeria | 82% | 567 | 1:313,165 | 11,509 |
| China | - | 500 | 1:2,732,112 | 47,623 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| India | 77% | 364 | 1:3,337,577 | 146,557 |
| Scotland | 100% | 339 | 1:15,783 | 874 |
| Wales | 100% | 328 | 1:9,434 | 791 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 320 | 1:25,476 | 2,520 |
| Thailand | 100% | 317 | 1:221,028 | 14,046 |
| South Africa | 86% | 306 | 1:178,211 | 11,927 |
| Hong Kong | - | 290 | 1:26,734 | 2,332 |
| Ghana | - | 281 | 1:96,036 | 4,158 |
| Germany | 100% | 246 | 1:392,999 | 4,592 |
| Philippines | 90% | 230 | 1:460,911 | 15,799 |
| Poland | 100% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Liberia | 98% | 169 | 1:26,107 | 1,671 |
| Belgium | 100% | 127 | 1:90,473 | 3,268 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 125 | 1:2,063,709 | 105,138 |
| Ireland | 95% | 97 | 1:47,871 | 1,594 |
| France | 100% | 88 | 1:755,345 | 6,730 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 75 | 1:984,368 | 29,064 |
| Sweden | 98% | 74 | 1:133,215 | 5,291 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 66 | 1:124,447 | 3,582 |
| Singapore | 100% | 64 | 1:98,235 | 7,388 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 60 | 1:507,499 | 22,089 |
| Iraq | 100% | 58 | 1:603,756 | 6,195 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Portugal | - | 55 | 1:189,288 | 4,092 |
| Japan | - | 52 | 1:2,461,270 | 21,293 |
| Guernsey | - | 47 | 1:1,347 | 252 |
| Senegal | 70% | 43 | 1:339,101 | 5,317 |
| Brazil | 100% | 38 | 1:5,637,794 | 84,722 |
| Czechia | 95% | 37 | 1:288,004 | 1,928 |
| Denmark | - | 37 | 1:152,689 | 3,777 |
| Norway | 100% | 28 | 1:183,297 | 4,750 |
| Russia | 80% | 27 | 1:5,341,989 | 25,443 |
| Mexico | 64% | 26 | 1:4,774,786 | 19,556 |
| Qatar | 100% | 26 | 1:91,139 | 11,761 |
| Spain | - | 25 | 1:1,861,199 | 11,276 |
| Sudan | - | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Gibraltar | - | 23 | 1:1,484 | 297 |
| Uganda | 100% | 23 | 1:1,780,736 | 24,513 |
| Panama | 100% | 21 | 1:186,027 | 7,386 |
| Jersey | - | 20 | 1:4,999 | 624 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 20 | 1:357,600 | 16,509 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 19 | 1:549,014 | 14,985 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| South Korea | - | 17 | 1:326,142 | 10,022 |
| Vietnam | - | 15 | 1:6,174,874 | 3,722 |
| Bermuda | - | 13 | 1:4,987 | 816 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 13 | 1:1,828,437 | 49,694 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 12 | 1:153,596 | 1,669 |
| Italy | 93% | 12 | 1:5,088,508 | 23,387 |
| Zambia | - | 11 | 1:1,441,345 | 17,789 |
| Ivory Coast | 57% | 10 | 1:2,307,593 | 50,152 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Hungary | 100% | 9 | 1:1,087,975 | 2,994 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 9 | 1:625,286 | 7,004 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 9 | 1:455,027 | 9,682 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 9 | 1:151,269 | 9,102 |
| Macau | - | 8 | 1:76,026 | 700 |
| Monaco | 100% | 8 | 1:4,808 | 802 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Benin | 100% | 6 | 1:1,762,640 | 36,264 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 6 | 1:794,658 | 9,692 |
| Ecuador | - | 6 | 1:2,954,486 | 13,743 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 5 | 1:4,322,101 | 63,776 |
| Colombia | - | 5 | 1:9,555,785 | 40,229 |
| Finland | 90% | 5 | 1:1,096,637 | 9,775 |
| Guatemala | - | 5 | 1:3,221,686 | 6,935 |
| Kenya | - | 5 | 1:9,261,422 | 35,582 |
| Tanzania | - | 5 | 1:10,557,664 | 41,958 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 5 | 1:21,949 | 2,239 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Chile | 100% | 4 | 1:4,401,802 | 21,957 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Venezuela | - | 4 | 1:7,550,473 | 90,577 |
| Afghanistan | - | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Greece | - | 3 | 1:3,644,849 | 16,562 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Latvia | - | 3 | 1:671,882 | 3,893 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Zimbabwe | 67% | 3 | 1:5,141,272 | 76,754 |
| Argentina | - | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Bhutan | - | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Peru | 100% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
Toby (11,446) may also be a surname.
Toby Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
An Anglicisation of the preceding. In Ireland ‘it has enjoyed the honour, together with Thaddeus and Timothy, of figuring as an equivalent for (Erse) Tadgh, a poet,’ Yonge.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Toby Forename Popularity
Toby Demographics
Toby Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 8,399 (2014)
United States
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