Too Surname

14,467th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38,537 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Samoa

Too Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from a name given to a child born when there were guests or visitors.

Too Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya30,1801:1,530245
Malaysia3,7331:7,901942
United States5221:694,36654,999
Egypt4881:188,39313,801
Hong Kong4641:15,809389
Japan3691:346,46111,929
Saudi Arabia3181:97,03114,320
Nigeria3181:557,05327,115
Indonesia2161:612,26548,529
India1871:4,101,954110,376
Morocco1701:202,80134,956
Thailand1621:436,03976,421
Samoa1621:1,196373
Liberia1561:28,2602,732
Australia1181:228,77721,625
Canada1091:338,03330,736
England801:696,47639,547
Pakistan701:2,552,05622,156
Philippines571:1,776,109113,042
Mexico521:2,387,04220,469
China501:27,346,4311,485
Myanmar491:1,059,959527
Taiwan421:558,2084,168
Uganda381:1,027,34944,109
New Zealand361:125,78715,451
Papua New Guinea341:239,81532,925
Mauritius331:39,1947,252
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Zimbabwe231:671,22849,171
Iran191:4,041,185108,332
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Afghanistan171:1,891,36413,978
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Cameroon121:1,730,75692,157
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Benin91:1,148,40050,768
Sierra Leone91:787,737678
Ivory Coast81:2,883,90443,419
France71:9,488,960336,266
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Laos41:1,647,081888
Oman41:921,9937,313
Iceland41:95,0224,787
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Guatemala41:4,020,6677,726
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Macau21:300,8151,009
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States701:717,41046,098

Too (8,050) may also be a first name.

Too Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from a name given to a child born when there were guests or visitors.

- knaibei

Too Last Name Facts

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

The last name Too (Hindi: तू) is found most frequently in Kenya. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Too? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 14,467th most numerous last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 189,105 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Too reside; 78 percent reside in East Africa and 66 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 70,782nd most common forename on earth. It is borne by 8,050 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 30,180 people, or 1 in 1,530. In Kenya Too is most frequent in: Uasin Gishu County, where 26 percent live, Nandi County, where 20 percent live and Kericho County, where 16 percent live. Aside from Kenya this last name is found in 91 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 10 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Too Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Too has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Too last name increased 746 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 4,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Too Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Too surname are 14.04% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 67.27% being registered with the political party.

The amount Too earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 15.39% more than the national average, earning R 274,212 per year; in United States they earn 12.83% less than the national average, earning $37,611 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.46% more than the national average, earning $62,827 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Htoo8692,436/
Thoo863,357/
Toop862,557/
Toot861,608/
Toos86596/
Tooy86468/
Tood86161/
Tooz8633/
Tooe8620/
Tooa8613/
Ttoo862/
To80488,234/
Toots75803/
Thooe75306/
Tooch75183/
Toohy7562/
Toost7517/
Tooys7513/
Tooht755/
Htoot752/
Toodd752/
Tooij752/
Toosh752/
Thooy751/
Tooii751/
Teeoo751/
Tooie751/
Toohe751/
Tooee751/
Toott751/
Tooiy750/
Toozt750/
Toe67124,826/
Top6797,084/
Tuo6779,820/
Toh6754,952/
Tot6750,572/
Toy6731,865/
Tho6728,222/
Toi6725,136/
Tou6720,463/
Toj6713,071/
Toa679,141/
Tod673,767/
Toz673,402/
Tos672,877/
Toğ67371/
Toš67319/
Toï67280/
Toç67203/
Toî6770/
Tto6738/
Tão6732/
Touowa6719/
Hto6718/
Toť6714/
Dto6711/
Toś679/
Tgo679/
Thooth674/
Hthoot674/
Toyowa672/
Thoost671/
Toiova671/
T'O671/
Toá671/
Toş671/
Toyová671/
Tooaia671/
Tìo671/
Tuohou671/
Tïo671/
Toohee670/
Toohoe670/
Tootts670/

Too Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Too in the Hindi language
तूtu94.74
तोोtoo5.26

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Too
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