Toivonen Surname

49,701st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,344 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Toivonen Surname User-submission:

(Finnish) The Toivonen surname comes from the Finnish word toivo, meaning 'hope', and -nen, which means 'belonging to'.

Toivonen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland9,1141:60350
United States3491:1,038,56476,174
Sweden3401:28,9612,362
Estonia1841:7,184883
Australia1521:177,60318,018
Canada741:497,91342,460
Norway221:233,74025,571
England181:3,095,448105,421
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
France51:13,284,544357,392
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Ukraine51:9,104,539300,808
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Netherlands41:4,221,794131,139
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
China21:683,660,78330,601
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Toivonen Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

(Finnish) The Toivonen surname comes from the Finnish word toivo, meaning 'hope', and -nen, which means 'belonging to'.

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Toivonen Last Name Facts

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

Toivonen is found in Finland more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Toivonen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Toivonen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 49,701st most widespread surname in the world, held by around 1 in 704,519 people. The surname Toivonen is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Toivonen are found; 94 percent are found in Northern Europe and 92 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequently used in Finland, where it is held by 9,114 people, or 1 in 603. In Finland it is most frequent in: Uusimaa, where 29 percent live, Southwest Finland, where 20 percent live and Pirkanmaa, where 14 percent live. Barring Finland this last name occurs in 32 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent live and Sweden, where 3 percent live.

Toivonen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Toivonen surname are 5.36% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.59% registered with the party.

The amount Toivonen earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 20.86% less than the national average, earning 273,884 kr per year; in United States they earn 8.17% more than the national average, earning $46,675 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.72% more than the national average, earning $53,024 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toivoinen9415/
Toivanen887,313/
Teivonen88176/
Toyvonen88122/
Tihvonen883/
Taivonen883/
Toivonem882/
Tovoinen881/
Toivunen881/
Toivenen881/
Toivannen821/
Tovanen802/
Tivenen800/
Tahvonen75156/
Tayvonen7510/
Toyvanen757/
Tuovanen751/
Tiovanen751/
Thovonin751/
Thavonen751/
Tevanen678/
Towonin677/
Tibonin672/
Tivenin672/

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