Tóth Surname

1,754th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 313,566 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Tóth Surname User-submission:

Tóth (also written as Tót, and less frequently, Toth or Tot) is the third most common Hungarian surname (behind only Nagy and Kovács). It is also common in nearby Slovakia and Romania, due to the presence of ethnic Hungarian minorities. In the Middle Ages, the adjective 'tót' meant all the Slavs living in the Carpathian basin.

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Tóth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary301,1891:331
Slovakia11,0171:4846
Romania6601:30,4213,874
Czechia3941:26,9884,304
Germany611:1,319,76283,187
Sweden551:179,03212,357
Netherlands471:359,30239,900
England191:2,932,529101,561
Austria161:532,21549,801
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Denmark121:470,39330,183
Estonia121:110,15019,471
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Finland81:687,08836,047
Serbia71:1,020,70729,076
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
France41:16,605,680368,153
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Slovenia31:829,22525,091
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malta11:430,2723,380
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

The alternate forms: Toth (67,484), Tòth (15) & Tôth (2) are calculated separately.

Tóth (752) may also be a first name.

Tóth Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Tóth (also written as Tót, and less frequently, Toth or Tot) is the third most common Hungarian surname (behind only Nagy and Kovács). It is also common in nearby Slovakia and Romania, due to the presence of ethnic Hungarian minorities. In the Middle Ages, the adjective 'tót' meant all the Slavs living in the Carpathian basin. By the 19th century, it got limited to Slovaks only. And in the 20th century, it disappeared from the official language, replaced by 'szlovák'. However, it has remained a common family name, and figures in the name of towns and villages where Slavs had been settled: Tahitótfalu, Tótkomlós, Tótvázsony, Lengyeltóti etc. 'Tót' is derived from an Indo-European word that probably sounded 'tauti' or 'touti' and meant 'people'. In this sense, 'tót' is a cousin of such words as 'Teuton', 'Dutch', or the Germans' endonym, 'Deutsch'.

- kalman1959

This surname was originally given to a Slovenian or Slovakian national by Hungarians.The origin of the word Toth is thought to have come from the word thuat, which was used by Germanic or Gepida tribes that had tsettled in the 4th and 5th Century in the Karpathian-Valley.

- erdelyi

The Toth surname is a Hungarian surname, meaning 'Slovak' or 'Slovenian man'.

- deleted-173293

Tóth Last Name Facts

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

Tóth has its highest incidence in Hungary. It may also be found as a variant: Toth, Tòth or Tôth. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tóth? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,754th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 23,241 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Tóth live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in Hungaro-Europe. Tóth is also the 299,703rd most frequent forename world-wide, borne by 752 people.

Tóth is the most frequently held surname in one country:Hungary, where 96 percent are found. It is most commonly held in Hungary, where it is held by 301,189 people, or 1 in 33. In Hungary it is most common in: Pest County, where 12 percent are found, Budapest, where 11 percent are found and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Hungary this last name is found in 38 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 4 percent are found and Romania, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toth9267,484/
Tòth9215/
Tôth922/
Tótth8931/
Thóth891/
Tótht891/
Tót86306/
Tóh866/
Tath75202/
Tuth7582/
Táth7519/
Ttah756/
Tãth753/
Ttha752/
Tótt751/
Ttho751/
Tóht751/
Ttóh751/
Tóthová7310,400/
Tóthova736/
Tathe6714,525/
Tooth672,663/
67466/
Tatsh67249/
Ttash67153/
Tothe67120/
Tatch6795/
Tauth6747/
Totth6743/
Totch6724/
Touth6723/
Tuoth6718/
To'th6715/
Tuuth675/
Dttah675/
Tuthe674/
Tutth674/
Ttaha672/
Tathd672/
Htoth671/
Ttosh671/
Toith671/
tot H671/
Toths671/
Httah671/
Totsh670/
Toeth670/

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