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Toma name meaning

Last Name
4k
in the U.S.
in 2010
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Boys

Meaning and Origin

What does the name Toma mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Toma

User Submitted Origins

Japanese
51%
Romanian
22%
Native American
10%
Hawaiian
6%
Italian
4%
Serbian
4%
French
4%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. According to a user from Florida, U.S., the name Toma is of Japanese origin and means "Twin".
  2. A submission from Georgia says the name Toma means "Twins".
  3. A user from Oregon, U.S. says the name Toma is of Native American origin and means "Sun, or beautiful".
  4. A submission from Minnesota, U.S. says the name Toma means "Palm Tree" and is of Hawaiian origin.
  5. A user from California, U.S. says the name Toma means "Take".
  6. According to a user from Texas, U.S., the name Toma means "Thunder".
  7. A submission from New York, U.S. says the name Toma means "Variant of thomas" and is of French origin.
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Wiktionary

Borrowing from Italian toma.

  1. A semi-hard Italian cheese from Piedmont

toma was also found in the following language(s): Asturian, Galician, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish

Notable Persons Named Toma

Notable Persons Named Toma

Toma Caragiu

Toma Caragiu was a writer. Toma was born on August 21st, 1925 in Aetomilitsa. He left this life on March 4th, 1977.

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Toma Bašić

Toma Bašić is a soccer player for the HNK Hajduk Split, NK Dubrava, NK Zagreb, NK Rudeš, HNK Hajduk Split Reserves, Academy, and Croatia national under-19 football team. Toma was born on November 25th, 1996 in Zagreb.

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Toma T. Socolescu

Toma was born on July 20th, 1883 in Ploiești. He passed away on October 16th, 1960.

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Toma Niger

Toma Niger is a bishop, diplomat, and renaissance humanism. Toma was born in Split, Croatia.

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Toma Raspasani

Toma Raspasani is a parish priest, vicar of the archbishop of skopje, pjetër bogdani, translator, pastor, vicar, and parish priest(fl. 1679). Toma was born in 1648 in Skopska Crna Gora.

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Toma Tomas

Toma was born in 1924 in Alqosh. Toma is also known as Abu Joseph. He died on October 15th, 1996.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Toma

Notable Persons With the Last Name Toma

Ikuta Toma

Ikuta Toma is an actor, singing, and singer. He was most prominent from 1996 to present. Ikuta was born on October 7th, 1984 in Muroran, Hokkaido. Ikuta is also known as Toma-chan and Tomasu.

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Sauro Tomà

Sauro Tomà is a soccer player for the History of A.C. Voghera, Spezia Calcio, Torino F.C., Brescia Calcio, and F.C. Bari 1908. Sauro was born on December 4th, 1925 in La Spezia, Italy.

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Yumi Tōma

Yumi Tōma is a voice acting, singing, voice actress, and singer. They were most active from 1986 to present. Yumi was given the name Yumi Nakagawa on December 20th, 1966 in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

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Sergiu Toma

Sergiu was born on January 29th, 1987.

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Svetlana Toma

Svetlana Toma is an actress. She was most prominent from 1960 to 1960. Svetlana was given the name Svetlana Fomichyova on March 24th, 1947 in Chişinău, Moldova.

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Andras Toma

Andras was born on December 5th, 1925. He left this life on March 30th, 2004.

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  • Gioacchino Toma
  • Yann Toma
  • Alexandru Toma
    Satirist
  • Miguel Ángel Toma
    For the City of Buenos Aires
  • Laurenţiu Toma
  • Katarzyna Toma

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Toma U.S.
  White 77.97% 64.26%
  African American 0.91% 11.96%
  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 12.05% 4.85%
  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.11% 0.69%
  Two or More Ethnicities 4.82% 1.76%
  Hispanic or Latino 4.14% 16.26%

Of Last Name Toma

People with the last name Toma are most frequently White or Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander

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Fun Facts about the name Toma

  • How Popular is the name Toma? Toma is the 13,043rd most popular name of all time. As a last name Toma was the 7,558th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Toma have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 752 babies born with the first name Toma in the United States. That's more than enough people named Toma to occupy the territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) with an estimated population of 605 (as of June 30, 2010).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Toma? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1929 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
  • When was Toma first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Toma is Monday, January 31st, 1876.
  • What year had the most people named Toma born? The highest recorded use of the first name Toma was in 1974 with a total of 84 babies.
  • Random Toma Factoid: According to the 2011 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Toma is not a popular baby boy's name in California. Imagine that, only 5 babies in California have the same name in 2011.
  • Weird things about the name Toma: The name spelled backwards is Amot. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Amto. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Toma? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 4,399 people with the last name Toma.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Toma? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 1 of them will have Toma as their last name.
  • Toma name meaning

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