Toma Surname
Approximately 157,025 people bear this surname
Toma Surname User-submission:
A name found throughout the word, originally derived from the Aramaic word meaning 'twin'.
Toma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 61,459 | 1:327 | 18 |
| Bangladesh | 38,300 | 1:4,161 | 385 |
| Japan | 9,331 | 1:13,701 | 1,731 |
| Italy | 6,088 | 1:10,045 | 1,513 |
| Egypt | 5,034 | 1:18,263 | 2,118 |
| United States | 4,776 | 1:75,892 | 8,690 |
| Nigeria | 3,755 | 1:47,175 | 3,660 |
| Moldova | 1,825 | 1:1,951 | 230 |
| Spain | 1,763 | 1:26,518 | 2,751 |
| Albania | 1,401 | 1:2,080 | 345 |
| DR Congo | 1,354 | 1:54,564 | 6,566 |
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Canada | 1,281 | 1:28,763 | 3,783 |
| Ukraine | 1,178 | 1:38,644 | 5,588 |
| Peru | 1,076 | 1:29,539 | 3,044 |
| Thailand | 891 | 1:79,280 | 10,615 |
| Zimbabwe | 880 | 1:17,543 | 2,564 |
| Poland | 835 | 1:45,519 | 7,159 |
| Brazil | 764 | 1:280,202 | 10,800 |
| Guatemala | 687 | 1:23,410 | 1,697 |
| Germany | 640 | 1:125,790 | 15,361 |
| Hungary | 636 | 1:15,434 | 1,766 |
| Indonesia | 608 | 1:217,515 | 20,353 |
| Saudi Arabia | 596 | 1:51,772 | 7,760 |
| Sweden | 581 | 1:16,948 | 1,444 |
| Israel | 555 | 1:15,419 | 2,309 |
| France | 538 | 1:123,462 | 18,721 |
| Ivory Coast | 536 | 1:43,043 | 2,764 |
| Slovakia | 522 | 1:10,223 | 1,206 |
| Turkey | 516 | 1:150,817 | 11,898 |
| Papua New Guinea | 498 | 1:16,373 | 1,624 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| England | 409 | 1:136,230 | 13,344 |
| Australia | 408 | 1:66,166 | 7,893 |
| Samoa | 406 | 1:477 | 128 |
| Philippines | 353 | 1:286,794 | 41,276 |
| Serbia | 336 | 1:21,265 | 2,418 |
| Netherlands | 287 | 1:58,840 | 10,138 |
| Switzerland | 277 | 1:29,650 | 4,483 |
| Uganda | 274 | 1:142,479 | 12,806 |
| Belgium | 258 | 1:44,561 | 7,264 |
| Argentina | 244 | 1:175,178 | 14,686 |
| Greece | 227 | 1:48,810 | 8,012 |
| Kenya | 226 | 1:204,336 | 14,774 |
| Cameroon | 217 | 1:95,710 | 11,410 |
| New Zealand | 175 | 1:25,876 | 4,537 |
| Kosovo | 174 | 1:10,700 | 1,577 |
| India | 158 | 1:4,854,844 | 122,998 |
| Iraq | 152 | 1:230,406 | 5,073 |
| Fiji | 126 | 1:7,098 | 1,425 |
| Austria | 111 | 1:76,716 | 11,596 |
| Uruguay | 103 | 1:33,318 | 3,835 |
| Latvia | 95 | 1:21,579 | 3,253 |
| Croatia | 94 | 1:44,985 | 8,846 |
| Russia | 87 | 1:1,656,587 | 109,852 |
| Denmark | 81 | 1:69,688 | 6,946 |
| Solomon Islands | 81 | 1:7,161 | 1,112 |
| Czechia | 75 | 1:141,780 | 22,190 |
| Dominican Republic | 69 | 1:151,202 | 5,897 |
| Liberia | 68 | 1:64,831 | 5,610 |
| Kuwait | 67 | 1:56,727 | 6,926 |
| Congo | 62 | 1:80,469 | 6,914 |
| Benin | 59 | 1:175,180 | 17,306 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| New Caledonia | 42 | 1:6,577 | 1,478 |
| Scotland | 38 | 1:140,890 | 8,524 |
| Uzbekistan | 38 | 1:813,925 | 16,450 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Norway | 30 | 1:171,410 | 20,526 |
| South Africa | 30 | 1:1,805,923 | 85,708 |
| Taiwan | 26 | 1:901,721 | 6,312 |
| Ireland | 23 | 1:204,736 | 8,142 |
| Lesotho | 21 | 1:96,788 | 10,857 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Syria | 16 | 1:1,206,314 | 7,138 |
| Cambodia | 15 | 1:1,032,476 | 5,479 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Panama | 13 | 1:300,943 | 7,078 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| China | 10 | 1:136,732,157 | 7,199 |
| Kazakhstan | 10 | 1:1,768,250 | 83,699 |
| Chile | 9 | 1:1,957,386 | 29,026 |
| Colombia | 9 | 1:5,308,230 | 18,838 |
| Finland | 9 | 1:610,745 | 34,002 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Bulgaria | 7 | 1:996,986 | 34,534 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Honduras | 4 | 1:2,204,110 | 6,397 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Paraguay | 4 | 1:1,809,186 | 12,346 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 1:23,161,514 | 3,610 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 1:1,011,529 | 32,308 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1:829,225 | 25,091 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 1:113,407 | 1,341 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 72 | 1:697,482 | 45,119 |
The alternate forms: Tomà (40), Tóma (10), Tomá (2) & Tomã (1) are calculated separately.
Toma (70,269) may also be a first name.
Toma Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
A name found throughout the word, originally derived from the Aramaic word meaning 'twin'.
- mikeydinoToma Demographics
Average Toma Salary in
United States
$50,772 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Toma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Toma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Toma (Arabic: توما, Bengali: তমা, Georgian: თომა, Hindi: टोमा, Marathi: तोमा, Oriya: େତାମା, Russian: Тома, Tibetan: ཏོ་མ་) occurs more in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Tomà, Tóma, Tomá or Tomã. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Toma? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,572nd most common family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 46,410 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 51 percent of Toma live; 42 percent live in Eastern Europe and 40 percent live in Romanian Europe. Toma is also the 13,815th most prevalent given name worldwide, held by 70,269 people.
It is most frequently held in Romania, where it is held by 61,459 people, or 1 in 327. In Romania Toma is primarily found in: Bucharest Municipality, where 11 percent reside, Prahova County, where 6 percent reside and Iași County, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Romania this surname occurs in 140 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 24 percent reside and Japan, where 6 percent reside.
Toma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Toma has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Toma surname rose 6,633 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 10,225 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Toma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Orthodox (77%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Christian (90%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (85%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Toma last name are 1.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.82% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Toma earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 37.86% less than the national average, earning €18,661 per year; in Norway they earn 37.32% less than the national average, earning 216,929 kr per year; in Peru they earn 63.85% more than the national average, earning S/. 31,763 per year; in South Africa they earn 3.4% less than the national average, earning R 229,548 per year; in Colombia they earn 20.94% more than the national average, earning $27,456,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 17.67% more than the national average, earning $50,772 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.4% more than the national average, earning $51,372 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Toma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Toma in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཏོ་མ་ | toma | - |
| Toma in the Bengali language | ||
| তমা | tama | - |
| Toma in the Georgian language | ||
| თომა | toma | 97.86 |
| ტომა | toma | 2.14 |
| Toma in the Hindi language | ||
| टोमा | toma | 92.54 |
| तोमा | toma | 7.46 |
| Toma in the Marathi language | ||
| तोमा | toma | 85.71 |
| टोमा | toma | 14.29 |
| Toma in the Oriya language | ||
| େତାମା | etama | 50 |
| େଟାମା | etama | 50 |
| Toma in the Russian language | ||
| Тома | toma | - |
| Toma in the Arabic language | ||
| توما | twma | - |
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