Toy Surname

17,392nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31,865 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Toy Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Toy'. This seems to be the only reasonable derivation. Further than that it is an old personal name I cannot go.

Warin Toy, Cambridgeshire, 1273.

A. Wydo Toye, Suffolk, ibid.

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Toy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey15,4471:5,038728
United States7,6271:47,5235,767
Angola2,3661:11,4071,401
England1,0921:51,0246,309
Australia7591:35,5674,684
Indonesia7461:177,27817,132
Canada5511:66,8707,726
Mexico3291:377,2837,671
Thailand2601:271,68646,672
Cambodia2471:62,7011,996
Papua New Guinea1741:46,8605,817
Tanzania1551:341,55925,363
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Philippines1531:661,68868,918
DR Congo1501:492,53039,325
New Zealand1491:30,3915,294
France1471:451,85564,822
South Africa1381:392,59234,819
Chile1301:135,5114,777
Portugal1041:100,1754,850
Germany1021:789,26958,234
India961:7,990,264168,289
Singapore901:61,1972,397
Wales701:44,2084,243
Denmark691:81,8077,949
Scotland661:81,1185,959
Austria481:177,40522,887
Northern Cyprus451:7,0891,629
Brazil351:6,116,409148,801
Argentina311:1,378,82078,351
Nigeria301:5,904,759145,253
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Malaysia281:1,053,36546,873
Netherlands261:649,50753,972
China201:68,366,0783,721
Cameroon151:1,384,60580,726
Spain151:3,116,80265,296
Hong Kong121:611,2903,500
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
Laos91:732,036508
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Barbados81:35,9311,672
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Northern Mariana Islands61:9,097939
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Trinidad and Tobago51:272,79511,064
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Guatemala41:4,020,6677,726
Mongolia41:706,32211,365
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Benin31:3,445,20177,822
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Guam11:160,1214,893
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland781:56,7934,570
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9381:25,9873,571
Scotland1421:26,3612,369
Wales131:120,6475,000
Jersey51:10,3761,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2581:39,9194,693

Toy (11,344) may also be a first name.

Toy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Toy'. This seems to be the only reasonable derivation. Further than that it is an old personal name I cannot go.

Warin Toy, Cambridgeshire, 1273.

A. Wydo Toye, Suffolk, ibid.

Johannes Toye, 1379: Poll Tax of Howdenshire.

Willelmus Toye, 1379: ibid.

1600. Griffith Toy, Pembrokeshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1748. Married — Thomas Toy and Anne Bird: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Scandinavian) a specif. East. and North. name, 13th-14th cent. Toy, Toye, seems to represent the Old Norse Thioðgeir (mod. Norwegian Tiogiei) = Anglo-Saxon Theodgar, i.e. National Spear [Old Norse Þióð = Old English peód, nation, people + Old Norse geir-r = Old English gár, a spear] (Celtic) the Irish O'Tuaith (th mute) = Descendant of Tuath, i.e. Northern [Irish tuath, northern]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Perhaps from Towie, a parish of Scotland, co. Aberdeen. There are however the French names Toy, Doye; and perhaps, as diminutives, Toyot and Doyat, which may be from Old French doy, a canal, from L. ductus. There are however the U.S. names Doy, Duy, Douai; and they may all be from Douai or Douay, a town of France, dep. Nord.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

User-submitted Reference

Chai is a Chinese surname that derives from the name of the ancient Cai state. It is regionally more common in China's Fujian Province and in areas settled by ethnic Chinese from that province than in China as a whole. The surname is the 34th most common surname in China, but the 9th most common in Taiwan, where it is usually romanized as Tsai based on Wade-Giles romanization of Standard Mandarin and the 8th most common in Singapore, where it is usually romanized as Chua, which is based on Hokkien pronunciation. It is also a common Cantonese name in Hong Kong where it is romanized as Choy, Choi or Tsoi, in Macao and Malaysia, it's spelled as Choi, in Malaysia and the Philippines as Chua, in Thailand as Chuo (ฉั่ว). Moreover, it is also romanized in Cambodia as either Chhay, Chhuor or Chhor among Chinese Cambodians.

- thagman51

Toy means 'young' in Turkish.

- xqan

Toy Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Toy Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Toy (Arabic: طوى, Hindi: तोय, Marathi: टॉय) occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Toy? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 17,392nd most widespread last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 228,701 people. The surname Toy occurs predominantly in Asia, where 51 percent of Toy are found; 46 percent are found in West Asia and 45 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 56,297th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 11,344 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is held by 15,447 people, or 1 in 5,038. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 10 percent reside, Antalya Province, where 6 percent reside and Sivas Province, where 5 percent reside. Other than Turkey Toy exists in 100 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent reside and Angola, where 7 percent reside.

Toy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Toy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Toy last name rose 606 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 116 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 538 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 54 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Toy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Toy last name is principally Catholic (97%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Toy surname are 0.95% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52.28% registered with the party.

The amount Toy earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 28.63% more than the national average, earning R 305,664 per year; in United States they earn 3.4% more than the national average, earning $44,615 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.21% more than the national average, earning $58,234 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toya8614,725/
Toyi8610,550/
Toyo8610,481/
Toye866,416/
Thoy86495/
Tooy86468/
Toys86145/
Tuoy8645/
Touy8627/
Htoy8620/
Tohy8610/
Toyé869/
Toyy867/
Tioy864/
Toyz863/
Toiy863/
Toyd862/
Tojy862/
Toyh861/
Toyt861/
Toyè861/
Tgoy861/
Toïy861/
Toyj861/
To80488,234/
Ty8025,044/
Thoya7512,251/
Tioye756,544/
Toyat753,082/
Touya752,889/
Toyos752,676/
Tuoyo751,783/
Thouy75448/
Toyot75394/
Touhy75372/
Touye75236/
Toyas75211/
Toyes75183/
Toiyo75172/
Toyah75134/
Toyip75119/
Thoyo75112/
Tohya75110/
Tioyo75100/
Toyed7569/
Touyo7567/
Toohy7562/
Tooya7557/
Toyet7549/
Tohyo7549/
Toyad7548/
Tohyi7546/
Toyoh7543/
Touyz7542/
Thoty7532/
Toyep7532/
Toyyo7532/
Thoye7527/
Toyap7520/
Toyoo7518/
Toyis7516/
Toyee7513/
Tooys7513/
Tioya7512/
Thoyi7511/
Toyod7511/
Toyit759/
Tyoya758/
Toyaz757/
Tyoyo757/
Toaya756/
Toyop756/
Toyie756/
Toiiy754/
Tuoye754/
Toyaa753/
Tuoya753/
Thohy752/
Tohiy752/
Toyyi752/
Towyo752/
Tooyi752/
Tojyo752/
Toyeh752/
Tojiy751/
Touiy751/
Tuojy751/
Thioy751/
Thojy751/
Thooy751/
Tyoye751/
Toyha751/
Toyhi751/
Toeye751/
Toeyi751/
Touyt751/
Thoyé751/
Toeyy751/
Toyii751/
Tooye751/
Tyoyi751/
Toeyo751/
Toyds751/
Toehy750/
Tooiy750/
Toe67124,826/
Tay6799,860/
Top6797,084/
Tuo6779,820/
Toh6754,952/
Tot6750,572/
Too6738,537/
Tuy6737,508/
Tho6728,222/
Toi6725,136/
Tou6720,463/
Tio6715,948/
Tey6714,082/
Tye6713,557/
Toj6713,071/
Tyo679,984/
Toa679,141/
Tiy674,918/
Thy674,102/
Tod673,767/
Toz673,402/
Tos672,877/
Toğ67371/
Toš67319/
Toï67280/
Toç67203/
Tyy67188/
Thoyah67186/
Tohyoh67136/
Tyč6791/
Tyoaya6787/
Toî6770/
Touyet6755/
Tojaya6750/
Tohyae6740/
Tto6738/
Thotty6735/
Tyi6735/
Tioaya6735/
Tão6732/
Thoyts6728/
Tty6726/
Thoyot6725/
Thoeye6720/
Hto6718/
Toť6714/
Dto6711/
Tyh6711/
Touyeh6710/
Tgo679/
Toś679/
Thoyod677/
Hty676/
Thoyee676/
Toyich674/
Tuoyoh674/
Tohyod673/
Dty673/
Thoyat672/
Táy672/
Toyach672/
Toyowa672/
Tohyeh672/
Toyaia671/
Toyaus671/
Ttioye671/
Thooye671/
T'O671/
Thoyho671/
Tüy671/
Tïo671/
Tyß671/
Toá671/
Toş671/
Toyaph671/
Toyová671/
Thyoya671/
Thoyio671/
Tooyeh671/
Touyss671/
Toyaya671/
Tìo671/
Tohyee671/
Touyos671/
Touyot671/
Tuohys670/
Toyett670/

Toy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Toy in the Marathi language
टॉयtoya85.71
तोयtoya14.29
Toy in the Hindi language
तोयtoya80
टोयtoya20
Toy in the Arabic language
طوىtwy-

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