Tóth
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Tóth is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Hungary than in any other country, where it is the 4th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Típusa: Népre utaló, magyar családnév. Eredete: Előzményének, az indoeurópai eredetű *tauta ~ *tauti szónak az óiránira visszavezethető eredeti jelentése ’nép’ volt.
- HUHungary≈1 in 327(inferred from the name graph)
- SKSlovakia≈1 in 2K
- RORomania≈1 in 4.7K
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.
- Hungary (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 297 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 327 (inferred from the name graph)
≈30,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Hungary, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Toth in HU Hungary, US United States, GB United Kingdom and 3 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(measured from records)
Típusa: Népre utaló, magyar családnév. Eredete: Előzményének, az indoeurópai eredetű *tauta ~ *tauti szónak az óiránira visszavezethető eredeti jelentése ’nép’ volt. Később a használóktól függően leszűkült a jelentése az egyes népekre (germán, német, szláv stb.). A magyar nyelvbe még a Honfoglalás előtt bekerülhetett, s minden szláv népre vonatkozott. (Csak jóval később, a XVIII. század végétől szűkült le a jelentése a szlovákságra.) Ezért ebből a szóból különösen sok családnév alakult, hiszen szláv népekkel voltunk körülvéve a Kárpát-medencében. Olyanok is megkapták, akik csak hasonló öltözéket, ruhát, lábbelit viseltek, vagy ismerték a nyelvet, esetleg csupán olyan vidékről költöztek át más faluba, ahol szláv nyelvet beszélők laktak. Mindezek a személyek általában ragadványnévként, majd abból, de sokszor közvetlenül családnévként is megkapták a nép nevét. Elterjedtsége: Az egész nyelvterületen nagy számban megtalálható.
Sources 2
- Családnevek enciklopédiája
- Wiktionary
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Tóth 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HU Hungary | #4 | ≈30,000 est. | ≈1 in 327 | 198K | Toth | 207 |
| US United States | — | 19,606 | 1 in 17K | 20K | Toth | 297 |
| RO Romania | #128 | ≈4,600 est. | ≈1 in 4.7K | — | Toth | 55 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 20K | 905 | Toth | 112 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Toth | 77 |
| SK Slovakia | #15 | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Tóth | 110 |
| CZ Czechia | #478 | 1,037 | 1 in 10K | 1K | Toth | 63 |
| HR Croatia | — | 778 | 1 in 5.4K | 778 | — | 2 |
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: Nyilvántartó — Top-100 birth surnames in population (2020–2025); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); MVČR — living population register 2017; naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Péter Tóthb. 1882HUHungarian fencer (1882-1967)
- Árpád Tóthb. 1886HUHungarian poet (1886–1928)
- André de Tothb. 1912USHungarian-born American film director (1913–2002)
- László Fejes Tóthb. 1915HUHungarian mathematician (1915–2005)
- Mihály Tóthb. 1926HUHungarian footballer (1926-1990)
- Laszlo Tothb. 1938AUAustralian geologist known for vandalism (1938–2012)
- József Tóthb. 1951HUHungarian footballer (1951–2022)
- László Toroczkaib. 1978HUnot in their usual nameHungarian far-right politician (1978–)
- Matej Tóthb. 1983SKSlovakian racewalker
- Krisztián Tóthb. 1994HUHungarian judoka
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 18 sources across 11 countries.
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Tóth mean?
- Recorded meaning: Típusa: Népre utaló, magyar családnév. Eredete: Előzményének, az indoeurópai eredetű *tauta ~ *tauti szónak az óiránira visszavezethető eredeti jelentése ’nép’ volt.
- In which country does Tóth have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 30 thousand people named Tóth in Hungary, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled toth.
- How common is the name Tóth?
- In the United States, the national register counted 19,606 people named Tóth in 2010, about 1 in 17 thousand residents.
- How common is Tóth compared with other names?
- In Hungary, Tóth is the 4th most common surname of 88,284 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, “Tóth” — the 4th most common surname in Hungary. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.