Toner
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Toner is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Irish Ó Tomhrair, ‘descendant of Tomhrar’; first attested Hugh Tunere 1242 Fees (W); dweller by the farm or village, equivalent to atte tune.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 24K(inferred from the name graph)
- CACanada≈1 in 37K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 39K
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)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 324 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
5,065 people, 2010
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
North Korea, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
Irish Ó Tomhrair, ‘descendant of Tomhrar’; first attested Hugh Tunere 1242 Fees (W); dweller by the farm or village, equivalent to atte tune
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Toner 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 | — | 5,065 | 1 in 66K | 5.1K | Toner | 324 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 24K | 2.1K | Toner | 178 |
| KP North Korea | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Toner | 1 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 37K | — | Toner | 124 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈650 est. | ≈1 in 39K | — | Toner | 99 |
| IE Ireland | #806 | ≈380 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Toner | 69 |
5,065 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). 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)
Toner 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 English, Powder used in laser printers and photocopiers to form the text and images on the printed paper.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Czech, toner (powder used in laser printers and photocopiers to form the text and images on the printed paper)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, first-person singular present passive subjunctive of tonō
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Portuguese, toner (ink used in laser printers and photocopiers)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Danish, indefinite plural of tone
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)
- Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoichb. 1856IEIrish writer and politician (1857–1942)
- John Tonerb. 1857Catholic bishop
- Joe Tonerb. 1894GBNorthern Irish footballer (1894–1954)
- John Tonerb. 1923USAmerican football player and coach, college athletics administrator (1923-2014)
- Mike Tonerb. 1944USAmerican photojournalist
- Tom Tonerb. 1950USAmerican football player (1950-1990)
- Mark Tonerb. 1964USformer Deputy Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State
- Devin Tonerb. 1986IEIrish rugby union player
- Helen Tonerb. 1992AUDirector of Strategy at Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology
- Kevin Tonerb. 1996IEIrish association football player
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 17 sources across 10 countries.
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 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
- What does the name Toner mean, and where does it come from?
- Irish Ó Tomhrair, ‘descendant of Tomhrar’; first attested Hugh Tunere 1242 Fees (W); dweller by the farm or village, equivalent to atte tune Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- In which country does Toner have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 5.1 thousand people named Toner, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled toner.
- How common is the name Toner?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,065 people named Toner in 2010, about 1 in 66 thousand residents.
- How common is Toner compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Toner is the 806th most common surname of 73,729 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tonerThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Toner” — the 806th most common surname in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.