Toran Surname
Approximately 4,770 people bear this surname
Toran Surname User-submission:
The Ukrainian surname Toran and its variants are of patronymic origin being derived from an ancient Slav personal name. Thoran and its variants take their origin from the first name Torant, the etymology of which is uncertain although it may be related to the Ukrainian (also Polish) word "tor" meaning "track, course or path".
Read More About This SurnameToran Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,156 | 1:313,546 | 28,694 |
| Turkey | 1,096 | 1:71,005 | 6,613 |
| Spain | 928 | 1:50,379 | 4,719 |
| Israel | 549 | 1:15,588 | 2,333 |
| India | 279 | 1:2,749,338 | 84,998 |
| Mexico | 185 | 1:670,952 | 10,576 |
| Iran | 90 | 1:853,139 | 41,713 |
| Argentina | 81 | 1:527,696 | 38,577 |
| France | 58 | 1:1,145,219 | 121,886 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| Ecuador | 30 | 1:530,195 | 11,121 |
| Malaysia | 26 | 1:1,134,393 | 49,681 |
| Chile | 26 | 1:677,557 | 15,745 |
| Russia | 25 | 1:5,764,922 | 242,644 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Philippines | 20 | 1:5,061,911 | 170,869 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 9 | 1:492,207 | 16,355 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 111 | 1:452,421 | 32,615 |
The alternate forms: Torán (44) & Toràn (3) are calculated separately.
Toran (9,581) may also be a first name.
Toran Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Ukrainian surname Toran and its variants are of patronymic origin being derived from an ancient Slav personal name. Thoran and its variants take their origin from the first name Torant, the etymology of which is uncertain although it may be related to the Ukrainian (also Polish) word "tor" meaning "track, course or path". The name may also derive its origins from the Ukrainian term "torg" which means a "market or market-place". Here, the name to one who either worked in a market-place or who resided in an area close by the local market. It should also be noted that there is a strong possibility that Thoran may, in fact, be anglicized form of the German name Turhahn which is pronounced Torhan. The origins of the surname Turhahn appear to be locative in that the name is believed to derive from the Germanic term "tur" meaning a "door" and "hahn" from "heim" meaning "settlement" of from "hag" meaning "fence" (made from a hedge). References to the surname Torhan and to its variants include a record of the Durant family of Prussia who where ennobled by the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm III on November 3, 1810. One Thomas Turhahn sailed on board the " Thuringia" from Hamburg to New York, on November 9, 1870. He was eighteen years of age.
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Toran Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Toran Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Toran (Arabic: تورونن, Bengali: তোরন, Georgian: თორან, Hindi: तोरन, Marathi: तोरण, Oriya: େତାରନ, Russian: Торан, Tibetan: ཏོ་རན་) is found most in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant: Torán or Toràn. For other potential spellings of Toran click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Toran? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 99,267th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,527,787 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 42 percent of Toran reside; 32 percent reside in West Asia and 24 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 63,073rd most common first name on earth. It is borne by 9,581 people.
Toran is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 1,156 people, or 1 in 313,546. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 17 percent live, Maryland, where 9 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Besides The United States Toran exists in 55 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 23 percent live and Spain, where 19 percent live.
Toran Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Toran has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Toran last name expanded 1,041 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 78 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Toran Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Toran surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Toran last name are 42.33% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.56% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Toran earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 31.08% less than the national average, earning 238,533 kr per year and in United States they earn 8.24% less than the national average, earning $39,594 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Toran Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Toran in the Georgian language | ||
| თორან | toran | - |
| Toran in the Bengali language | ||
| তোরন | torana | - |
| Toran in the Hindi language | ||
| तोरन | torana | 88.7 |
| तोरण | torana | 10.19 |
| टोरन | torana | 0.75 |
| तॊरन | torana | 0.37 |
| Toran in the Marathi language | ||
| तोरण | torana | 78.16 |
| तोरन | torana | 16.67 |
| तोरणे | torane | 2.3 |
| तोरान | torana | 1.15 |
| तोरून | toruna | 0.57 |
| तोराम | torama | 0.57 |
| टोरान | torana | 0.57 |
| Toran in the Oriya language | ||
| େତାରନ | etarana | 56.25 |
| େତାରଣ | etarana | 35.42 |
| େତାରାନ | etarana | 4.17 |
| ରଣା | rana | 2.08 |
| େତାରନ୍ | etaran | 2.08 |
| Toran in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཏོ་རན་ | toren | 33.33 |
| སྟོ་རཱན་ | toren | 16.67 |
| ཏོ་རེན་ | toren | 16.67 |
| ཏཱོ་རན་ | taren | 16.67 |
| ཏ་རུན་ | tarün | 16.67 |
| Toran in the Russian language | ||
| Торан | toran | - |
| Toran in the Arabic language | ||
| تورونن | twrwnn | - |
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