How common is the surname Toma?

4,399 people in the United States had the surname Toma in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,185 Americans. It ranked 7,558th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Toma?

In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Toma identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Toma getting more or less common?

More common. 3,229 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,399 in 2010, up 36%.

The surname Toma

A surname, carried by 4,399 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Toma is more common than 95.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,399 people named Toma in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,185 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,229.

#7,558

rank among US surnames

4,399

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+36.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,279)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,552	Kroeger	4,402	70,138
#7,553	Tai	4,401	70,153
#7,554	Teasley	4,400	70,169
#7,558	Toma	4,399	70,185
#7,559	Knepp	4,398	70,201

Who is named Toma

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

78% of people named Toma identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Asian and Pacific Islander 12%
Two or more races 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Toma

Toma has the Soundex code T500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T500.

Questions

How common is the surname Toma?: 4,399 people in the United States had the surname Toma in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,185 Americans. It ranked 7,558th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Toma?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Toma identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Toma getting more or less common?: More common. 3,229 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,399 in 2010, up 36%.