Toh is a surname in various cultures.

Origins

Toh may be: * A spelling of the

Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding are ...

pronunciation ( zh, j=Dou6;

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: ) of the

Chinese surname Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the ...

spelled in

Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

Pinyin Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese for ...

as Dù () * A spelling of the

Hokkien The Hokkien () variety of Chinese is a Southern Min language native to and originating from the Minnan region, where it is widely spoken in the south-eastern part of Fujian in southeastern mainland China. It is one of the national languages in ...

pronunciation ( zh, poj=Toh; IPA: ) of the Chinese surname spelled in Mandarin Pinyin as Zhuó () * An alternative spelling of the

Korean surname A Korean name (Hangul: ; Hanja: ) consists of a family name followed by a given name, as used by the Korean people in both South Korea and North Korea. In the Korean language, ''ireum'' or ''seongmyeong'' usually refers to the family name (''seon ...

spelled in the Revised Romanisation of Korean as Do ().

Statistics

Toh was the 17th-most common surname among ethnic Chinese in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

as of 1997 (ranked by English spelling, rather than by Chinese characters). Roughly 25,300 people, or 1.0% of the

Chinese Singaporean Chinese Singaporeans () are Singaporeans of Chinese descent. Chinese Singaporeans constitute 75.9% of the Singaporean citizen population according to the official census, making them the largest ethnic group among them. As early as the 10th ...

population at the time, bore the surname Toh. According to statistics cited by

Patrick Hanks Patrick Hanks (born 24 March 1940) is an English lexicographer, corpus linguist, and onomastician. He has edited dictionaries of general language, as well as dictionaries of personal names. Background Hanks was educated at Ardingly College, ...

, there were 154 people on the island of

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and seven on the island of

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with the surname Toh as of 2011. The

2010 United States Census The United States census of 2010 was the twenty-third United States national census. National Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2010. The census was taken via mail-in citizen self-reporting, with enumerators servin ...

found 445 people with the surname Toh, making it the 47,614th-most-common name in the country, up from 279 (66,274th-most-common) in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, slightly more than three-quarters of the bearers of the surname identified as

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, and between 10% and 15% as

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People

People with the surname Toh include:

Chinese surname 卓

Toh Ah Boon Dato' Toh Ah Boon (; 1860 – 1 April 1932) was a Chinese community leader, and one of the biggest landlords in Johor Bahru of his time. He was honored by Late Johor Sultan the SPMJ Dato and DPMJ Dato. Early life Toh was the son of Toh Kim Sw ...

(; 1860–1932), Singaporean landlord *

Toh Kian Chui Toh Kian Chui ( zh, 卓键水 1 October 1927 - 9 November 2000) was a philanthropist and multi-millionaire businessman in the construction industry from Singapore. Chui started one of the first road construction companies in Singapore, named the ...

(; 1927–2000), Singaporean construction industry businessman *

Patsy Toh Patsy Toh (; born 1940) is a Chinese-born pianist living in London, England. She has taught at the Royal Academy of Music since 1975, and became a Fellow in 1995. Early life Toh was born in Shanghai, China, in 1940 of a family from Xiamen, the ...

(; born 1940), Chinese pianist based in the United Kingdom * Toh Guo'An (; born 1982), Singaporean footballer * Toh Hong Huat (; born 1974; disappeared in 1986), Singaporean student who went missing at age 12

Chinese surname 杜

Toh Chin Chye Toh Chin Chye ( zh, s=杜进才, p=Dù Jìncái; 10 December 1921 – 3 February 2012) was a Singaporean politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 1959 and 1968. Toh is widely recognised as one of the founding fa ...

(; 1921–2012), Singaporean politician * Toh Aik Choon (; 1927–1990), Singaporean shipbuilding industry businessman * Sylvia Toh (; born 1946/1947), Singaporean newspaper columnist *

Toh Wei Soong Toh Wei Soong (; born 11 September 1998) is a Singaporean freestyle and butterfly swimmer. He was a bronze medallist in the S7 50 metre Freestyle at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and a two-time gold medallist at the 2018 Asian Para Games for ...

(; born 1998), Singaporean swimmer *

Toh Ee Wei Toh Ee Wei (; born 18 September 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player from Malacca. She was the girls' doubles silver medalist at the 2018 Asian and World Junior Championships. She also won the 2016 World Junior bronze medal in the mixed doub ...

(; born 2000), Malaysian badminton player

Other or unknown

People with another surname spelled Toh, or whose surnames as written in Chinese characters are not available: *

Somdej Toh Somdet To (1788–1872; B.E. 2331–2415), known formally as Somdet Phra Buddhacarya (To Brahmaramsi) ( th, สมเด็จพระพุฒาจารย์ (โต พฺรหฺมรํสี); ), was one of the most famous Buddhist mo ...

(1788–1872), Thai Buddhist monk *

Boniface Hie Toh Boniface Hie Toh (born 6 September 1936) is an Ivorian boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. At the 1964 Summer Olympics, he lost to Hans-Erik Pedersen Hans-Erik Pedersen (born 10 December 1943) is ...

(born 1936), Ivorian boxer *

Kerstin Lindblad-Toh Kerstin Lindblad-Toh is a scientist in comparative genomics, specializing in mammalian genetics. She is the Scientific Director of vertebrate genomics at the Broad Institute and a professor in comparative genomics at Uppsala University. In 2010 sh ...

(born 1970), Swedish geneticist * Terry Toh (born 1974), Singaporean chess master *

Toh Hsien Min Toh Hsien Min (born 1975) is a Singaporean poet. His poems have appeared in many literary journals (e.g. ''London Magazine'', the '' London Review of Books'' and ''Poetry Salzburg Review'') and have been translated into Finnish, French, Spanish, ...

(born 1975), Singaporean poet * Peter Toh (born 1981), American musician * Daryl Toh (born 1986), Malaysian comic book artist *

Joanna Toh Joanna Toh (born 3 October 1996) is a Singaporean netball player who represents Singapore internationally and plays in the position of goalkeeper. She was part of the Singaporean squad at the 2019 Netball World Cup The 2019 Netball World Cup (a ...

(born 1996), Singaporean netball player * Toh Kai Wei (born 1996), Singaporean netball player * Nicholle Toh (born 2001), Singaporean swimmer *

Chai Keong Toh Chai Keong Toh is a Singaporean computer scientist, engineer and professor. He is currently an Expert Consultant to the Gerson Lehrman Group. He has performed research on wireless ad hoc networks, mobile computing, Internet Protocols, and mult ...

, Singaporean computer scientist * Kim-Chuan Toh (), Singaporean mathematician

References

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