Tono

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Tono is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 26K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.9M
  • CLChile≈1 in 17K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)

≈10,000 people, est.

Sources
100 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)

Chile, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Toño in US United States, CO Colombia, CL Chile and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Tono 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 Tono is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ID Indonesia—≈10,000 est.≈1 in 26K—Tono100
CO Colombia—≈2,100 est.≈1 in 23K—Toño23
CL Chile—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 17K1Toño18
GT Guatemala—≈550 est.≈1 in 31K—Tono11
BO Bolivia#964≈470 est.≈1 in 25K—Toño8
US United States—1791 in 1.9M172Toño52

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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). 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)

Tono is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, South Africa, Spain, Philippines

    Languages: English, Dutch

    Also written Tońo, Toňo, Tonō

  • Swahili given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Africa, United States, Kenya, Spain

    Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

    Also written Toño

  • French given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Spain

    Also written Toño, Toňo, Ťoño, Tōno

  • Italian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States

    Also written Toño, Tôno, Tońo

  • Bulgarian given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bulgaria, Croatia, Spain

    Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian

    Also written Тоно, Toño

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Toño, Tōno

39 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)

Tono is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Akan, v. [inf. a-,] to forge, to heat or work iron or sted, to do smith's tcork, - used without an obj., cf. bg 60 S9; - s. tontono

    as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)

  • In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of との

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

  • In Polish, vocative singular of tona

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

  • In Filipino, tone (specific pitch)

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

  • In fj, pierce, probe, poke

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In Malagasy, the act of broiling

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

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)

196019701980Tono Carbajo, b. 1960Tono Folguera, b. 1966Tonoccus McClain, b. 1980

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Tono
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020172#41,133
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20207#41,133
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19811—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

Is Tono a male or female name?
Tono is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Tono?
In the etymology graph, Tone is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Tono have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 10 thousand people named Tono in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tono.
How common is the name Tono?
In the United States, the national register counted 179 people named Tono in 2020, about 1 in 1.9 million residents.
How common is Tono compared with other names?
In Bolivia, Tono is the 964th most common given name of 14,891 given names 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, “Tono” — the 964th most common given name in Bolivia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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