Tostão Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Tostão Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tostão Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal471:221,6658,706
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Tostão Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tostão has its highest incidence in Portugal. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tostão? popularity and diffusion

Tostão is the 2,776,799th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Tostão reside; 96 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 96 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Portugal, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 221,665. Apart from Portugal this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 2 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toston831,945/
Tostoe838/
Tostoy834/
Toustou77700/
Thoston773/
Touston771/
Tosston771/
Tosta739,677/
Tostu7335/
Toustous715/
Toustone711/
Tostee67156/
Tostie6726/
Tostas6721/
Toesta6719/
Tostaš6710/
Tostan678/
Tostón677/
Tostea673/
Tostonova673/
Tostanova673/
Thosthong672/
Toustouss671/
Tousta671/
Toutstone671/
Tostam671/
Tostad671/
Toddstone671/
Toosta670/
Toxton670/

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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 Tostão
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