How common is the surname Tomko?

2,710 people in the United States had the surname Tomko in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,928 Americans. It ranked 11,589th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tomko?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Tomko identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Tomko?

Travis Tomko, American professional wrestler, followed by Sara Tomko.

Where is the surname Tomko most common?

Wikidata records people named Tomko in the United States.

Is the surname Tomko getting more or less common?

More common. 2,662 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,710 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Tomko

A Slovak surname, carried by 2,710 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tomko is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

Slovak origin

Borrowed from Slovak Tomko.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,710 people named Tomko in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,928 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,662.

#11,589

rank among US surnames

2,710

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,969)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,585	Crothers	2,713	113,802
#11,587	Marconi	2,712	113,844
#11,588	Didomenico	2,711	113,886
#11,589	Tomko	2,710	113,928
#11,592	Knipp	2,709	113,970
#11,595	Bump	2,708	114,012

Who is named Tomko

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

96% of people named Tomko identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tomkos

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Travis Tomko
American professional wrestler, born 1976
Sara Tomko
American actress, born 1983
Dewey Tomko
American professional poker player (born 1946)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tomko

Tomko has the Soundex code T520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T520.

Questions

Where does the surname Tomko come from?: Borrowed from Slovak Tomko.
How common is the surname Tomko?: 2,710 people in the United States had the surname Tomko in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,928 Americans. It ranked 11,589th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tomko?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Tomko identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Tomko?: Travis Tomko, American professional wrestler, followed by Sara Tomko.
Where is the surname Tomko most common?: Wikidata records people named Tomko in the United States.
Is the surname Tomko getting more or less common?: More common. 2,662 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,710 in 2010, up 1.8%.