Tomás Surname
Approximately 56,896 people bear this surname
Tomás Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 42,396 | 1:637 | 111 |
| Mozambique | 7,416 | 1:3,676 | 846 |
| Portugal | 6,199 | 1:1,681 | 251 |
| Spain | 566 | 1:82,601 | 7,083 |
| Brazil | 78 | 1:2,744,543 | 81,769 |
| Czechia | 52 | 1:204,490 | 29,445 |
| Argentina | 36 | 1:1,187,317 | 70,591 |
| Mexico | 16 | 1:7,757,888 | 35,569 |
| Hungary | 15 | 1:654,418 | 37,235 |
| Uruguay | 15 | 1:228,784 | 17,372 |
| Guatemala | 14 | 1:1,148,762 | 5,372 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| Panama | 7 | 1:558,894 | 9,437 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Cape Verde | 4 | 1:132,410 | 4,291 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
The alternate forms: Tomas (233,433), Tomáš (2,041), Tomàs (178), Tomãs (1), Tómas (2,369), Tomaš (2,132), Tomaś (335) & Tomaş (1) are calculated separately.
Tomás (36,614) may also be a first name.
Tomás Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tomás Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tomás occurs in Angola more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Tomas, Tomáš, Tomàs, Tomãs, Tómas, Tomaš, Tomaś or Tomaş. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tomás? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 9,896th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 128,085 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Tomás live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. Tomás is also the 23,876th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 36,614 people.
This last name is most frequent in Angola, where it is held by 42,396 people, or 1 in 637. Beside Angola Tomás occurs in 39 countries. It is also found in Mozambique, where 13 percent live and Portugal, where 11 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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