Tomé Surname

20,643rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26,481 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
São Tomé and Príncipe

Tomé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tomé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola12,8171:2,106366
Mozambique6,7981:4,010928
Portugal5,6051:1,859274
Brazil4711:454,51017,246
São Tomé and Príncipe3021:587110
Spain2321:201,51713,805
France381:1,747,966156,445
South Africa381:1,425,72975,291
Argentina311:1,378,82078,351
Switzerland241:342,20526,446
Belgium171:676,27358,718
Chile161:1,101,03021,213
Mexico111:11,284,20041,789
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Honduras71:1,259,4925,127
Cape Verde71:75,6632,587
Uruguay51:686,35229,886
England41:13,929,515290,718
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Macau21:300,8151,009
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

The alternate forms: Tome (95,201), Tomè (52), Tomê (2), Tómé (1), Tóme (4) & Tôme (1) are calculated separately.

Tomé (17,487) may also be a first name.

Tomé Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tomé is most common in Angola. It may occur as a variant: Tome, Tomè, Tomê, Tómé, Tóme or Tôme. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tomé? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 20,643rd most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 275,199 people. The surname Tomé occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Tomé live; 74 percent live in Southern Africa and 74 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. Tomé is also the 41,673rd most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 17,487 people.

This surname is most widespread in Angola, where it is borne by 12,817 people, or 1 in 2,106. Besides Angola this last name is found in 39 countries. It is also found in Mozambique, where 26 percent are found and Portugal, where 21 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tome9295,201/
Tomè9252/
Tomê922/
Tómé921/
Tohmé8945/
Tomés893/
Toumé892/
Tomée891/
Tóme834/
Tôme831/
Thomée80116/
Thomér8025/
Toma75157,025/
Tomi7514,421/
Tomy757,113/
Tamé7521/
Toné754/
Tomá752/
Toumi6768,478/
Tommy6735,634/
Touma6731,557/
Thome6723,923/
Tomei6715,282/
Tomii677,577/
Tomes676,533/
Tomer676,091/
Tuomi674,379/
Tomio673,741/
Tomey672,710/
Tomoi672,503/
Tohme672,074/
Tomie671,993/
Thomi671,726/
Tomay671,537/
Tomai671,518/
Tooma671,512/
Tomys671,086/
Tomme671,014/
Tommi67994/
Tomeh67851/
Tomis67842/
Thomä67765/
Thomy67672/
Toome67642/
Tomma67551/
Tomaj67359/
Toomy67329/
Toume67273/
Toumy67271/
Tomee67245/
Thoné67244/
Tomet67227/
Tuoma67227/
Toima67209/
Tomez67200/
Tomiš67189/
Tomșa67178/
Tomeu67172/
Tomui67100/
Tomoy6781/
Tomea6779/
Tomed6767/
Toomi6754/
Toimi6749/
Tuomy6746/
Toime6745/
Tamés6742/
Tohmi6738/
Tomih6732/
Tomni6732/
Toïmi6731/
Tomyo6723/
Tomhe6722/
Tonné6719/
Tonér6716/
Tomit6715/
Tomej6715/
Ttomi6714/
Tomoa6714/
Tomid6713/
Thomè6713/
Touné6710/
Tohmy679/
Tomaa678/
Tosme677/
Taméz677/
Tomeï675/
Tomne674/
Tomiç674/
Tomiæ673/
Thomá672/
Tomeś672/
Toîmi672/
Tomiy672/
Tomiz672/
Toyma671/
Tomhi671/
Tomyy671/
Ttome671/
Toyme671/
Tammé671/
Toîma671/
Toïma671/
Toymi671/
Tomyś671/
Tomèe671/
Tomșe671/
Dtomi671/
Tomoj671/
Tomge670/
Ttomy670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tomé
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