Toth

surname · Latin script

Meaning: 2. nickname from MHG tote godfather (OHG toto, in origin apparently a nursery word)

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

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

Toth 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.

rarermore common
  • 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)

≈30,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
297 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 327 (inferred from the name graph)

Hungary, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

TothLatin(measured from records)
โตตThai(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Tóth in SK Slovakia.

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)

2. nickname from MHG tote godfather (OHG toto, in origin apparently a nursery word). Vars.: Todt, Tott. Dim.: Tottel. Toth Hungarian : name for a Slavonian, Slovak, or Slovene, from Hung, tot Slav, ultimately related to Deutsch Ger¬ man. Var.: Tot. Var.: It.: Tori. Dims.: It.: Toretto, Toritto; Torelli, Torello (Tuscany); Toriello, Turiello. (Of 1 only): Fr.: Taurel, Taureau, Thorel.

Sources 1

  • A dictionary of surnames

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Toth 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 Toth is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HU Hungary#4≈30,000 est.≈1 in 327198KToth207
US United States—19,6061 in 17K20KToth297
RO Romania#128≈4,600 est.≈1 in 4.7K—Toth55
GB United Kingdom—≈3,400 est.≈1 in 20K905Toth112
CA Canada—≈3,300 est.≈1 in 11K—Toth77
SK Slovakia#15≈2,700 est.≈1 in 2K—Tóth110
CZ Czechia#4781,0371 in 10K1KToth63
HR Croatia—7781 in 5.4K778—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).

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

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

  • English surname29 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Tóth, Tòth, Töth, Tôth, Toeth

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Tôth, Tòth, Tot́h, Töth, Tóth

  • Croatian surname14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Serbia, Bulgaria

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

    Also written Tóth, Töth, Tõth, Tòth

  • Russian surname17 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, United States, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

    Also written Тот, Tóth, Tòth, Tót, Tốt

  • Catalan surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina

    Also written Tóth

49 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)

Toth is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, nickname from MHG tote godfather (OHG toto, in origin apparently a nursery word).

    as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

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)

1850190019502000Alexis Toth, b. 1854André de Toth, b. 1912Alex Toth, b. 1928Paul Toth, b. 1935Laszlo Toth, b. 1938Judith Toth, b. 1981Tiffany Toth, b. 1986Daniel Toth, b. 1987Oliver Toth, b. 1997Nicolas De Toth, b. 2000
  • Alexis Tothb. 1854SKGreek Catholic priest, later Russian Orthodox priest and protopresbyter; Eastern Orthodox saint (1854-1909)
  • André de Tothb. 1912USHungarian-born American film director (1913–2002)
  • Alex Tothb. 1928USAmerican cartoonist (1928–2006)
  • Paul Tothb. 1935USAmerican baseball player (1935–1999)
  • Laszlo Tothb. 1938AUAustralian geologist known for vandalism (1938–2012)
  • Judith Tothb. 1981DEGerman actress
  • Tiffany Tothb. 1986USMiss September 2011
  • Daniel Tothb. 1987ATAssociation footballer
  • Oliver Tothb. 1997HUHungarian association football player (1997–)
  • Nicolas De Tothb. 2000USAmerican film editor

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)

FormalDear Toth,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 40 sources across 23 countries.

Official registers attesting Toth
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200020K#1,649
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201020K#1,826
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202018K#1,914
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)2002905#7,164
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)2021778#780
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)2021675—
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—383#4,159
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—383#1,976
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—383#3,641
GB United KingdomA Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988)———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 6

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

Where does the name Toth come from?
2. nickname from MHG tote godfather (OHG toto, in origin apparently a nursery word). Vars.: Todt, Tott. Dim.: Tottel. Recorded by A dictionary of surnames.
How do you pronounce Toth?
A machine transcription gives /ˈtɑθ/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Toth mean?
Recorded meaning: 2. nickname from MHG tote godfather (OHG toto, in origin apparently a nursery word).
In which country does Toth have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 30 thousand people named Toth in Hungary, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled toth.
How common is the name Toth?
In the United States, the national register counted 19,606 people named Toth in 2010, about 1 in 17 thousand residents.
How common is Toth compared with other names?
In Hungary, Toth 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, “Toth” — the 4th most common surname in Hungary. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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