Toscano

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

How Toscano is read●(measured from records)

Toscano is one spelling over 3 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.

• Spanish54%

  Tuscan (of, from or relating to the region of Tuscany, Italy)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• English27%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Toscano in English.

• Portuguese6.8%

  Tuscan (of or relating to Tuscany, Italy)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  Tuscany

  as a name·Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

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

Toscano is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French surname4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Italy, Belgium

  Also written Toscanô, Toscanõ

• Russian surname5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, Ukraine, Italy

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Тоскано

45 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)

Toscano is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, oriundo da Toscana; nome derivado de Tuscia/tuscus

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Italian, cany, It. Toscana. Vars.: Toscan(i), Tuscano; Toscanese, Toscanesi; Tosco, Toschi. Dims.: Toscanello, Toscanelli, Toscanino, Toscanini.

  as a name·A dictionary of surnames

• In Italian, Tuscan

  as a word·kaikki.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)

• Salvador Toscano Barragánb. 1872MXMexican film director (1872–1947)
• Antonino Toscanob. 1887ITItalian admiral and teacher
• Laura Toscanob. 1944ITItalian writer (1944-2009)
• Gabriela Toscanob. 1965UYUruguayan actress
• Peterson Toscanob. 1965USAmerican comedian
• Alberto Toscanob. 1977GBBritish philosopher (born 1977)
• Milena Toscanob. 1984BRBrazilian actress
• Marcelo Toscanob. 1985BRBrazilian association football player
• Emiliano Alfarob. 1988UYnot in their usual namefootballer
• Pia Toscanob. 1988USAmerican singer

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)

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Toscano mean, and where does it come from?

Tuscan (of, from or relating to the region of Tuscany, Italy) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Toscano?

A machine transcription gives /toskano/ (IPA) for Spanish.

In which country does Toscano have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named Toscano in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled toscano.

Where is Toscano most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Toscano is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 3.3 thousand people — even though Italy holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Toscano?

In the United States, the national register counted 9,301 people named Toscano in 2010, about 1 in 36 thousand residents.

How common is Toscano compared with other names?

In Italy, Toscano is the 301st most common surname of 502,013 surnames recorded there.