Toro Surname
Approximately 227,488 people bear this surname
Toro Surname Definition:
Dweller at the sign of the bull; descendant of Toro, one who came from Toro (bull), the name of several villages in Spain.
Found in Castile and Estremadura. Name of villages near Segorbe, Orense, and Zamora. Derived from latin "taurus" meaning a bull.
Read More About This SurnameToro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 78,520 | 1:608 | 117 |
| Chile | 39,495 | 1:446 | 91 |
| Venezuela | 33,071 | 1:913 | 176 |
| Spain | 13,041 | 1:3,585 | 432 |
| United States | 11,623 | 1:31,185 | 3,881 |
| Peru | 6,505 | 1:4,886 | 795 |
| Ecuador | 6,407 | 1:2,483 | 438 |
| Argentina | 6,148 | 1:6,952 | 695 |
| Mexico | 4,395 | 1:28,243 | 1,873 |
| Puerto Rico | 3,582 | 1:991 | 139 |
| Indonesia | 3,077 | 1:42,980 | 4,924 |
| Italy | 2,747 | 1:22,263 | 3,878 |
| Bolivia | 2,613 | 1:4,063 | 610 |
| Honduras | 2,509 | 1:3,514 | 415 |
| Burkina Faso | 1,705 | 1:10,764 | 966 |
| Nigeria | 1,319 | 1:134,301 | 8,691 |
| Togo | 1,260 | 1:5,752 | 1,143 |
| Brazil | 875 | 1:244,656 | 9,423 |
| Niger | 873 | 1:21,984 | 1,345 |
| Dominican Republic | 647 | 1:16,125 | 1,139 |
| Benin | 584 | 1:17,698 | 2,388 |
| Cuba | 542 | 1:21,260 | 1,305 |
| Papua New Guinea | 481 | 1:16,952 | 1,695 |
| Zimbabwe | 398 | 1:38,790 | 5,998 |
| Philippines | 384 | 1:263,641 | 38,869 |
| Albania | 335 | 1:8,699 | 1,645 |
| India | 324 | 1:2,367,486 | 76,917 |
| Turkey | 297 | 1:262,025 | 17,894 |
| Canada | 278 | 1:132,538 | 13,752 |
| Ivory Coast | 271 | 1:85,134 | 4,565 |
| France | 259 | 1:256,458 | 39,566 |
| Romania | 234 | 1:85,803 | 10,001 |
| South Africa | 214 | 1:253,167 | 25,671 |
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| England | 153 | 1:364,170 | 25,923 |
| Panama | 146 | 1:26,796 | 1,635 |
| Fiji | 126 | 1:7,098 | 1,425 |
| Solomon Islands | 123 | 1:4,716 | 617 |
| Finland | 120 | 1:45,806 | 5,634 |
| Belgium | 114 | 1:100,848 | 15,329 |
| Germany | 106 | 1:759,485 | 56,711 |
| Lebanon | 93 | 1:60,614 | 4,625 |
| Russia | 88 | 1:1,637,762 | 109,009 |
| Australia | 87 | 1:310,295 | 26,919 |
| Kenya | 80 | 1:577,249 | 27,285 |
| Switzerland | 66 | 1:124,438 | 12,477 |
| Costa Rica | 60 | 1:79,668 | 1,484 |
| Sweden | 60 | 1:164,113 | 11,407 |
| Paraguay | 58 | 1:124,771 | 2,739 |
| Guatemala | 53 | 1:303,447 | 4,519 |
| Botswana | 50 | 1:43,739 | 8,388 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Kosovo | 45 | 1:41,375 | 3,578 |
| Thailand | 43 | 1:1,642,752 | 213,663 |
| Hungary | 41 | 1:239,421 | 19,309 |
| Netherlands | 40 | 1:422,179 | 43,576 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Austria | 26 | 1:327,517 | 36,002 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Pakistan | 24 | 1:7,443,495 | 40,927 |
| Aruba | 23 | 1:4,499 | 638 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Senegal | 22 | 1:662,697 | 2,512 |
| Norway | 19 | 1:270,647 | 28,127 |
| Lesotho | 17 | 1:119,562 | 11,827 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 14 | 1:426,618 | 34,019 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Afghanistan | 13 | 1:2,473,322 | 16,278 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Greece | 10 | 1:1,107,979 | 84,839 |
| Japan | 10 | 1:12,784,429 | 45,945 |
| Kazakhstan | 10 | 1:1,768,250 | 83,699 |
| Madagascar | 9 | 1:2,627,760 | 3,802 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Georgia | 8 | 1:468,193 | 17,304 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:15,797 | 839 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 38 | 1:1,321,544 | 72,820 |
The alternate forms: Toró (104), Tóro (1) & Törõ (1) are calculated separately.
Toro (8,829) may also be a first name.
Toro Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Dweller at the sign of the bull; descendant of Toro, one who came from Toro (bull), the name of several villages in Spain.
Found in Castile and Estremadura. Name of villages near Segorbe, Orense, and Zamora. Derived from latin "taurus" meaning a bull.
Castilian name.
Toro Demographics
Toro Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Toro Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Toro Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Toro (Arabic: طورو, Georgian: ტორო, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﺭﻭ, Hindi: टोरो, Marathi: तोरो, Russian: Торо) is found in Colombia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Toró, Tóro or Törõ. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Toro? popularity and diffusion
The surname Toro is the 2,423rd most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 32,035 people. The last name Toro occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Toro reside; 76 percent reside in South America and 49 percent reside in Caribbean South America. Toro is also the 66,554th most commonly used first name globally, held by 8,829 people.
This last name is most widespread in Colombia, where it is held by 78,520 people, or 1 in 608. In Colombia Toro is most prevalent in: Antioquia Department, where 27 percent live, Valle del Cauca Department, where 14 percent live and Nariño Department, where 9 percent live. Aside from Colombia it exists in 140 countries. It is also found in Chile, where 17 percent live and Venezuela, where 15 percent live.
Toro Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Toro has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 30,587 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 7,650 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Toro Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Toro last name is predominantly Muslim (50%) in Kenya and Syriac Catholic (50%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Toro surname are 40.07% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 93.3% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Toro earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 14.17% more than the national average, earning €34,285 per year; in Norway they earn 26.65% more than the national average, earning 438,327 kr per year; in Peru they earn 12.42% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,978 per year; in South Africa they earn 67.87% less than the national average, earning R 76,344 per year; in Colombia they earn 5.9% more than the national average, earning $24,041,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.24% less than the national average, earning $40,024 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.58% more than the national average, earning $52,954 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Toro Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Toro in the Georgian language | ||
| ტორო | toro | - |
| Toro in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻮﺭﻭ | twrw | - |
| Toro in the Marathi language | ||
| तोरो | toro | 94.12 |
| टोरो | toro | 2.77 |
| तॉरो | toro | 2.08 |
| टॉरो | toro | 1.04 |
| Toro in the Hindi language | ||
| टोरो | toro | 62.5 |
| तोरो | toro | 37.5 |
| Toro in the Russian language | ||
| Торо | toro | - |
| Toro in the Arabic language | ||
| طورو | twrw | - |
| تورو | twrw | - |
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