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    The surname Toya

    A Spanish surname, carried by 542 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T000

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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). Toya is more common than 75.1% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Two main origins: * Amerindian surname typical of the Jemez Pueblo people of New Mexico, possibly from Spanish Toya. * Borrowed from Japanese 桐耶 (Tōya, “door valley”).

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 542 people named Toya in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 569,641 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 470.

    #40,371
    rank among US surnames
    542
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.3%
    change since 2000 (was #43,290)

    Who is named Toya

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

    63% of people named Toya identified as American Indian and Alaska Native, 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 10.0% as white (not Hispanic).

    • American Indian and Alaska Native 63%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 14%
    • White (not Hispanic) 10.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.7%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among American Indian and Alaska Native people.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Toya

    Toya has the Soundex code T000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T000.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Toya come from?
    Two main origins: * Amerindian surname typical of the Jemez Pueblo people of New Mexico, possibly from Spanish Toya. * Borrowed from Japanese 桐耶 (Tōya, “door valley”).
    How common is the surname Toya?
    542 people in the United States had the surname Toya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 569,641 Americans. It ranked 40,371st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Toya?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Toya identified as American Indian and Alaska Native, and 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Toya getting more or less common?
    More common. 470 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 542 in 2010, up 15%.