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    The surname Tosh

    A surname, carried by 2,143 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T200

    Tosh: #14,050 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tosh #14,050, 2,143 people Tosh: #14,050 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tosh #14,050, 2,143 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tosh is more common than 91.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,143 people named Tosh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,072 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,104.

    #14,050
    rank among US surnames
    2,143
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #13,297)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,042Viator2,145143,937
    #14,046Jolliff2,144144,004
    #14,050Tiner2,143144,072
    #14,058Stringfield2,142144,139

    Who is named Tosh

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

    93% of people named Tosh identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as two or more races and 1.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Toshs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Daniel Tosh
      American stand-up comedian and television host (born 1975)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Tosh

    Tosh has the Soundex code T200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tosh?
    2,143 people in the United States had the surname Tosh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,072 Americans. It ranked 14,050th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tosh?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Tosh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Tosh?
    Daniel Tosh, American stand-up comedian and television host (born 1975).
    Where is the surname Tosh most common?
    Wikidata records people named Tosh in the United States.
    Is the surname Tosh getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,104 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,143 in 2010, up 1.9%.
    What are other spellings of Tosh?
    Tash.