# To (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/to/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,934 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,979 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 34,558 people |
| Change since 2000 | +28% (6,979 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /toʊ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 杜 (dou6), 陶 (tou4), 塗／涂 (tou4), 屠 (tou4), etc.

## Who carries it

Share of people named To in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 2.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 95% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named To in British Hong Kong.

## People named To

- Chapman To, A well-known actor from Hong Kong who later moved to Taiwan and obtained Taiwanese citizen

## Similar surnames

Toy, Tow, Tuohy, Toe, Towe, Toohey, Toye, Towey, Toya, Thao, Thai, Tu.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.