Toon
surname · Latin script
Meaning: A cartoon, especially an animated television show
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/tuːn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Toon is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 45K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 70K
- USUnited States1 in 126K
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)
- Sources
- 284 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 39K (inferred from the name graph)
2,636 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Singapore, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Toon 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 2,636 | 1 in 126K | 2.6K | Toon | 284 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 45K | 2.5K | Toon | 164 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈800 est. | ≈1 in 41K | — | Toon | 28 |
| IN India | ≈570 est. | ≈1 in 2.3M | 5 | — | 13 |
| AU Australia | ≈360 est. | ≈1 in 70K | — | Toon | 78 |
| SG Singapore | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 39K | — | Toon | 37 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 41K | — | Toon | 33 |
2,636 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; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Toon 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 Khmer, n, unit of weight or volume {arch, - 16 pounds). (Fa. dona.)
as a wordHeadley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume I (ក-ភ)
In pag, to put on or over something, pass or fly over, etc.; to put pot on stove to cook
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In chk, peak, high point, pinnacle; extension of a mast
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In sjm, to know something or someone
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In frr, tone (of sound, colour etc.)
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)
- Joseph Toonb. 1879GBEnglish cricketer (1879-1950)
- Maurice Toonb. 1901NZNew Zealand Paralympic boccia player
- Malcolm Toonb. 1916USAmerican diplomat (1916-2009)
- James Toonb. 1916GBEnglish cricketer (1916-1987)
- Colin Toonb. 1940GBEnglish footballer (born 1940)
- Owen Toonb. 1947USAmerican academic, professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences
- Al Toonb. 1963USAmerican football player (born 1963)
- Michael Toonb. 1979AUAustralian rower
- Nick Toonb. 1988USAmerican football player
- Earl Toon, Jr.USAmerican musician
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 25 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.6K | #11,877 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.5K | #11,399 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 2.5K | #3,087 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.4K | #12,211 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 40 | #7,019 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name 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
- What does the name Toon mean, and where does it come from?
- A cartoon, especially an animated television show. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Toon?
- A machine transcription gives /tuːn/ (IPA) for English.
- What are other forms of the name Toon?
- In the etymology graph, Antal, Antón and Akoni are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Toon have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 2.6 thousand people named Toon, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled toon.
- How common is the name Toon?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,636 people named Toon in 2010, about 1 in 126 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/toonThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Toon”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.