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    The surname Toth

    A Hungarian surname, carried by 19,606 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T300

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Toth is more common than 98.9% of them.

    Origin

    Hungarian origin

    From Hungarian Tóth (“Slav”).

    One of 46 Hungarian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 19,606 people named Toth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,748 Americans. That is down 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,918.

    #1,826
    rank among US surnames
    19,606
    people in 2010
    6.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #1,649)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,817Sheffield19,73815,642
    #1,818Tackett19,73715,643
    #1,819Locklear19,71615,660
    #1,820Linares19,68815,682
    #1,822Marroquin19,66115,703
    #1,823Connors19,63715,723
    #1,824Trent19,63015,728

    Who is named Toth

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

    96% of people named Toth identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Toths

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Laszlo Toth
      Australian geologist known for vandalism (1938–2012)
    • Alex Toth
      American cartoonist (1928–2006)

    Notable Toths come mostly from Second Hungarian Republic (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Toth

    Toth has the Soundex code T300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T300.

    Other Hungarian surnames

    All 46 Hungarian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Toth come from?
    From Hungarian Tóth (“Slav”).
    How common is the surname Toth?
    19,606 people in the United States had the surname Toth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,748 Americans. It ranked 1,826th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Toth?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Toth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Toth?
    Laszlo Toth, Australian geologist known for vandalism (1938–2012), followed by Alex Toth.
    Where is the surname Toth most common?
    Wikidata records people named Toth in Second Hungarian Republic and the United States.
    Is the surname Toth getting more or less common?
    Less common. 19,918 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,606 in 2010, down 1.6%.