Toh

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in English: To collapse (fail or break down internally); to fall asleep or collapse from exhaustion

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/toʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Toh is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Singapore it is the 42nd most common surname.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 748K(measured from records)
  • FIFinland1 in 136K
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 323K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

445 people, 2010

Sources
218 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 136K (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from dialectal place-name element; cf. holte, malen, rade 'clearing'.

Sources 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

How Toh is read(measured from records)

Toh is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English54%

    To collapse (fail or break down internally); to fall asleep or collapse from exhaustion.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Malay31%

    moreover, after all, see lagipula, lagian

    as a wordrecorded as Indonesiankaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Toh counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Toh is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—4451 in 748K616Toh218
FI Finland—411 in 136K41—4
CH Switzerland—261 in 323K26Toh11
NL Netherlands—181 in 960K18Toh11
DK Denmark—111 in 534K11—1
SG Singapore#42———Toh174

445 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Toh is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Singapore, Mexico, United States, Malaysia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Tóh, Tôh

56 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Toh is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, from dialectal place-name element; cf. holte, malen, rade 'clearing'.

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

  • In cdo, sections of peaches and plums; met, - certain rocks on Black Rock Hill peach red, pint, rosy cheeks, slips of red paper with lucky words posted on the door at New Year

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • In cdo, an old clothes brokers, (tdt-idaing), to draw him out (by indirect questions), (kudng-to), overalls, polite greetings, conventional phrasean under-coat

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • In cdo, blocks for printing in two colors, cups fitting one inside the

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

0500100015002000Empress Chu Suanzi, b. 324Chu Suiliang, b. 597Alfred Y. Cho, b. 1937Frances Yao, b. 1950Cho Jung-tai, b. 1959Timi Zhuo, b. 1981Genie Chuo, b. 1986Kriesha Chu, b. 1998Toh Ee Wei, b. 2000
  • Empress Chu Suanzib. 324not in their usual nameJin Dynasty empress
  • Chu Suiliangb. 597CNnot in their usual nameChinese chancellor
  • Alfred Y. Chob. 1937USnot in their usual nameChinese electrical engineer
  • Frances Yaob. 1950USnot in their usual nameChinese-born American computer scientist
  • Cho Jung-taib. 1959TWnot in their usual namePremier of Taiwan since 2024
  • Timi Zhuob. 1981TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese singer
  • Genie Chuob. 1986TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese singer and actress
  • Kriesha Chub. 1998PHnot in their usual nameFilipino singer
  • Toh Ee Weib. 2000MYMalaysian badminton player
  • Galen T. Chunot in their usual nameanimator, writer and film director

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Toh,
InformalHi Toh,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Toh
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—15#36,091
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—15#36,839

Reference works 5

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Toh come from?
from dialectal place-name element; cf. holte, malen, rade 'clearing'. Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
How do you pronounce Toh?
A machine transcription gives /toʊ/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Toh mean?
In English, To collapse (fail or break down internally); to fall asleep or collapse from exhaustion.
In which country does Toh have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 445 people named Toh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled toh.
Where is Toh most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Toh is densest in Finland — about 1 in 136 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Toh?
In the United States, the national register counted 445 people named Toh in 2010, about 1 in 748 thousand residents.
How common is Toh compared with other names?
In Singapore, Toh is the 42nd most common surname of 78,292 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Toh” — the 42nd most common surname in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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