To Surname

1,097th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 488,234 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Vietnam
Highest density in:
Vietnam

To Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

To Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Vietnam365,1761:25435
South Korea59,5311:86154
United States9,7331:37,2404,613
Japan8,7921:14,5411,812
Iran7,1521:10,7361,427
Cambodia6,0261:2,570511
Hong Kong4,6381:1,582143
Saudi Arabia4,5711:6,750938
Canada2,6501:13,9042,047
Indonesia2,0991:63,0066,876
India2,0961:365,96619,793
Ivory Coast1,5351:15,0301,186
England1,5081:36,9484,839
Australia1,3161:20,5132,844
Burkina Faso1,0381:17,6801,283
Malaysia1,0201:28,9162,518
Guatemala9761:16,4781,451
France8681:76,52410,751
United Arab Emirates8641:10,6041,327
Egypt7631:120,4929,804
Philippines7621:132,85922,589
Portugal6511:16,0031,184
Morocco3751:91,93615,801
Bangladesh3601:442,65811,259
Taiwan2971:78,939802
Afghanistan2641:121,7922,879
China2301:5,944,876490
Singapore2231:24,698975
Belgium1761:65,32210,474
Netherlands1751:96,49815,750
Kuwait1741:21,8432,878
Brazil1701:1,259,26143,260
Sweden1651:59,6774,579
Scotland1391:38,5173,665
Spain1391:336,34619,522
Mauritius1301:9,9492,155
New Zealand1271:35,6566,115
Ukraine1121:406,45348,989
Germany951:847,42661,310
Papua New Guinea841:97,06813,033
Italy761:804,69363,729
Switzerland681:120,77812,249
Thailand681:1,038,799157,648
Norway671:76,75110,726
Jordan651:136,0378,090
Mexico641:1,939,47218,543
Qatar471:50,1704,949
Cameroon411:506,56340,818
Nigeria381:4,661,652124,734
Denmark371:152,56013,318
Angola361:749,7002,649
Colombia271:1,769,41011,599
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Myanmar251:2,077,519669
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
Wales181:171,91811,581
Oman161:230,4983,970
Czechia151:708,89864,682
Algeria141:2,759,39644,963
Iceland141:27,1492,069
Poland131:2,923,750116,258
American Samoa111:5,0691,123
Macau111:54,694379
Gibraltar101:3,395741
Israel101:855,76354,181
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Costa Rica91:531,1194,381
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Venezuela81:3,775,51036,567
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Turkey61:12,970,237144,247
Benin51:2,067,12068,069
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Latvia51:410,00928,210
Lebanon51:1,127,41717,983
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Hungary41:2,454,06961,891
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Serbia31:2,381,64930,913
Syria31:6,433,67416,197
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines21:56,3301,327
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Belize11:355,4743,977
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Fiji11:894,3914,568
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Monaco11:37,0664,748
North Korea11:25,117,046108
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

The alternate forms: (466), (37) & (2) are calculated separately.

To (438,996) may also be a first name.

To Last Name Facts

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

To (Hindi: तो, Marathi: तो) is found in Vietnam more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: , or . Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name To? popularity and diffusion

The surname To is the 1,097th most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 14,926 people. The last name To is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of To are found; 77 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 75 percent are found in Viet-Asia. To is also the 2,332nd most frequently occurring forename on earth, held by 438,996 people.

The surname is most frequent in Vietnam, where it is borne by 365,176 people, or 1 in 254. In Vietnam it is mostly found in: Mekong River Delta, where 23 percent reside, Red River Delta, where 22 percent reside and Southeast, where 17 percent reside. Beside Vietnam this surname occurs in 144 countries. It is also common in South Korea, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

To Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of To has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the To surname increased 40,554 percent between 1880 and 2014.

To Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the To last name is predominantly Orthodox (77%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (60%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the To last name are 11.82% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 65.05% being registered with the political party.

The amount To earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 29.34% less than the national average, earning 244,531 kr per year; in Vietnam they earn 6.87% less than the national average, earning 76,774,000 ₫ per year; in United States they earn 9.25% more than the national average, earning $47,142 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.94% more than the national average, earning $55,614 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
83466/
8337/
832/
Top8097,084/
Tuo8079,820/
Toh8054,952/
Tot8050,572/
Too8038,537/
Toy8031,865/
Tho8028,222/
Toi8025,136/
Tou8020,463/
Toj8013,071/
Toa809,141/
Tod803,767/
Toz803,402/
Tos802,877/
Toğ80371/
Toš80319/
Toï80280/
Toç80203/
Toî8070/
Tto8038/
Hto8018/
Toť8014/
Dto8011/
Tgo809/
Toś809/
T'O801/
Tïo801/
Toá801/
Toş801/
Tìo801/
Todd67152,011/
Htoo6792,436/
Thuo6727,429/
Topp6712,636/
Htoi679,185/
Tosh677,981/
Thoi676,156/
Tous675,701/
Todt674,814/
Tout674,094/
Tost673,480/
Thoo673,357/
Topf672,713/
Toop672,557/
Thoß672,062/
Touh671,737/
Toot671,608/
Toit671,344/
Toch671,146/
Toss671,102/
Tott67845/
Toos67596/
Thoy67495/
Touš67472/
Tooy67468/
Toip67440/
Toux67391/
Thou67346/
Tois67342/
Tots67265/
Tuot67231/
Toić67205/
Tohu67166/
Tood67161/
Touz67150/
Toys67145/
Tuos67120/
Toșa67104/
Thoh6785/
Todh6784/
Toid6783/
Toud6774/
Toih6763/
Tuoy6745/
Tgou6743/
Toup6736/
Tooz6733/
Ștoi6730/
To'a6721/
Htoy6720/
Tooe6720/
Ttot6715/
Tuop6715/
Tuod6715/
Tooa6713/
Tohy6710/
Tuoj678/
Tods678/
Tocz676/
Toph674/
Ttos674/
Tozz674/
To'e674/
Toyz673/
Tohá673/
Toiy673/
Thto673/
Todp672/
Toyd672/
Htoh672/
Htot672/
Tuoe672/
Ttop672/
Ttoo672/
Htho672/
Htoj672/
Dtuo672/
Htto671/
Dtto671/
Todz671/
Toyh671/
Ttho671/
Toyt671/
Tosp671/
Tgoi671/
Todë671/
Dtho671/
Tgoy671/
Toïa671/
Toïy671/
Toșe671/
Toiz671/
Thoï671/
Ttou671/
Tohd671/
Tohs671/
Tohz671/
Tojt671/
Tojz671/
Toyj671/
Tozp671/
Tuoa671/
Tuoz671/
Ttoa671/
Ttto671/
Ttuo671/
Thgo671/
Dtod671/
Dtoj671/
Dtos671/
Dtou671/
Dhto671/
Htgo671/
Htuo671/

To Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
To in the Hindi language
तोto88.52
टोto9.84
तो़to1.64
To in the Marathi language
तोto60
टोto40

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