Toka

given name · Latin script

Meaning: buckle

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

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

Toka is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • EGEgypt≈1 in 5.1M(inferred from the name graph)
  • HRCroatia1 in 235K
  • SESweden1 in 352K

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.

United States (measured from records)

153 people, 2020

Sources
56 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 235K (inferred from the name graph)

Croatia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

buckle

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Toka 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 Toka is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—1531 in 2.2M130Toka24
SE Sweden—291 in 352K29—1
EG Egypt#531≈21 est.≈1 in 5.1M—Toka56
HR Croatia—181 in 235K18——
DK Denmark—101 in 587K10——
NL Netherlands—51 in 3.5M5—2

153 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017). 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)

Toka is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, South Africa, Australia, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Tóka, Tőķā, Tokae, Ťökä, Tokä

  • Hindi surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, South Africa

    Also written Thoka, తిక్, Toki, Tak

  • Japanese given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Japan, United States, India, South Africa

    Also written Tôka, Tōka, TöKa

  • Ukrainian surname14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Türkiye

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Polish

    Also written Тока, Точа, Touka, Тоука, Tocha

  • Spanish given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Mexico, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Tōka, Tóka, Tôka, Tőká, Tókâ

38 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)

Toka is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In lua, to be or become white, be light in color or light from moon or fire, shine, give light, be pure, be spotless, be unspotted.

    as a wordGrammar and Dictionary of the Buluba-Lulua Language

  • In Russian, Toka Kopytkov, craftsman. 1552.

    as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

  • In wyy, (of any solid object) come to rest, be at rest; (of a boat) run aground, strike bottom in shallow water; (of e.g. a whale or dolphin) be stranded, beached; (of an animal) be tame, used to being with people; (of a person) be someone who can relied on when needed

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

  • In Tongan, (of a boat) to run aground, or to rest on the bottom; (of running water, of particles in suspension, or of people, etc.) to come to rest, to settle down, to reach a calm or settled state; to set, jelly, coagulate; (of chiefs) to sleep (honorific for _mohe_)

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

  • In rar, congealment, anything congealed, frozen, etc.; to pass from fluid to solid, to coagulate, to curdle; a general term or name for stone or stones or rock of any description

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

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)

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)

Informalمرحباً Toka،Hi Toka, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 40 sources across 22 countries.

Official registers attesting Toka
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020114#146,495
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010100#160,975
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)20075#77,288
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—2#74,013
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

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

What does the name Toka mean, and where does it come from?
buckle Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Toka?
A machine transcription gives /təʊkə/ (IPA) for Arabic.
Is Toka a male or female name?
Toka is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Toka have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 153 people named Toka, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled toka.
Where is Toka most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Toka is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 235 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Toka?
In the United States, the national register counted 153 people named Toka in 2020, about 1 in 2.2 million residents.
How common is Toka compared with other names?
In Egypt, Toka is the 531st most common given name of 107,792 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, “Toka” — the 531st most common given name in Egypt. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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