Toh Surname

10,242nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54,952 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Singapore

Toh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Toh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia18,6891:1,578236
Ivory Coast12,9591:1,780174
Singapore9,6641:57099
Cameroon4,6871:4,431531
Thailand2,7481:25,7052,390
Australia9461:28,5373,873
Saudi Arabia8751:35,2645,116
Indonesia6551:201,90719,120
United States6111:593,22248,399
Philippines3381:299,52142,538
Cambodia3101:49,9591,830
Pakistan3011:593,5019,513
Liberia2731:16,1481,680
Japan2321:551,05315,186
United Arab Emirates2011:45,5834,611
England2001:278,59021,737
Mexico1711:725,88411,032
Hong Kong1551:47,326847
Canada1351:272,93025,634
Burkina Faso1341:136,9563,674
China921:14,862,191871
Brunei651:6,442888
New Zealand631:71,87810,704
Iraq471:745,14210,632
Papua New Guinea401:203,84328,184
Taiwan291:808,4405,718
Netherlands281:603,11352,179
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
Myanmar251:2,077,519669
India191:40,371,862445,856
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Mauritania161:255,92911,901
France151:4,428,181244,602
Denmark151:376,31425,792
Yemen151:1,761,68612,726
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
South Korea141:3,660,018674
Russia131:11,086,389347,183
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Afghanistan81:4,019,14821,487
Wales71:442,07621,198
Benin61:1,722,60061,769
Macau51:120,326534
Vietnam51:18,529,2113,282
Mali41:4,242,2592,433
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Laos41:1,647,081888
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

The alternate forms: Tóh (6) are calculated separately.

Toh (14,082) may also be a first name.

Toh Last Name Facts

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

The surname Toh (Arabic: توه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺘﻮﻩ) is most common in Malaysia. It can be rendered as: Tóh. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Toh? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 10,242nd most common family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 132,617 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Toh live; 59 percent live in Southeast Asia and 35 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Toh is also the 48,428th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 14,082 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 18,689 people, or 1 in 1,578. In Malaysia Toh is mostly concentrated in: Johor, where 30 percent live, Selangor, where 23 percent live and Penang, where 10 percent live. Other than Malaysia this last name occurs in 78 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 24 percent live and Singapore, where 18 percent live.

Toh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Toh has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Toh last name increased 6,110 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Toh Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Toh surname are 22.05% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 75.28% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Toh earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 12.7% more than the national average, earning $48,627 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.32% more than the national average, earning $57,292 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tóh896/
Tosh867,981/
Touh861,737/
Toch861,146/
Tohu86166/
Thoh8685/
Todh8684/
Toih8663/
Tohy8610/
Toph864/
Tohá863/
Htoh862/
Toyh861/
Tohd861/
Tohs861/
Tohz861/
To80488,234/
Touch7576,444/
Toich75348/
Touhs75239/
Tooch75183/
Tohtz7592/
Toush7581/
Toshh7571/
Toohy7562/
Tohyi7546/
Tuoch7540/
Totch7524/
To'th7515/
Thoih7512/
Tohii758/
Tooht755/
Thouh753/
Thohy752/
Tohij752/
Tohiy752/
Toosh752/
Tohgi751/
Toohe751/
Ttosh751/
Toith751/
Htoth751/
Tohdt751/
Gytoh751/
Thuoh751/
Tuoha751/
Toths751/
tot H751/
Toish750/
Totsh750/
Tocht750/
Tozch750/
Top6797,084/
Tuo6779,820/
Tot6750,572/
Too6738,537/
Tah6733,333/
Toy6731,865/
Tho6728,222/
Tha6726,818/
Toi6725,136/
Tou6720,463/
Toj6713,071/
Toa679,141/
Tod673,767/
Toz673,402/
Tos672,877/
Toğ67371/
Totsch67334/
Toš67319/
Toï67280/
Toç67203/
Tousch67133/
Toî6770/
Tto6738/
Hto6718/
Toitch6715/
Toť6714/
Dto6711/
Tgo679/
Toś679/
Tohaia676/
Thuoch674/
Thooth674/
Thó673/
Toutch672/
Táh672/
Toshch672/
Thosph671/
Thoudh671/
T'O671/
Thá671/
Tuohou671/
Tïo671/
Toá671/
Toş671/
Thoich671/
Thoish671/
Thoith671/
Thoush671/
Thothz671/
Tìo671/
Tuohys670/
Toohee670/
Toohoe670/

Toh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Toh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺘﻮﻩaltwh75
ﺃﺗﻮﻩatwh25
Toh in the Arabic language
توهtwh-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Toh
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis