Toman

See also: toman

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Toman, a hypocoristic form of the personal name Tomáš.
• Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tuamáin (“descendant of Tuamán”), a diminutive of tuama (“grave, tomb, burial mound”).

Proper noun

Toman (plural Tomans)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Toman is the 11104^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2857 individuals. Toman is most common among White (91.35%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Toman”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• NOTAM, manto, notam

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtoman]

Proper noun

Toman m anim (female equivalent Tomanová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Toman (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Toman	Tomané, Tomani
genitive	Tomana	Tomanů
dative	Tomanovi	Tomanům
accusative	Tomana	Tomany
vocative	Tomane	Tomané, Tomani
locative	Tomanovi	Tomanech
instrumental	Tomanem	Tomany

Further reading

• “Toman”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɔman]

Proper noun

Toman m pers (female equivalent Tomanová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Toman (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Toman	Tomanovia	Tomanovci
genitive	Tomana	Tomanov	Tomanovcov
dative	Tomanovi	Tomanom	Tomanovcom
accusative	Tomana	Tomanov	Tomanovcov
locative	Tomanovi	Tomanoch	Tomanovcoch
instrumental	Tomanom	Tomanmi	Tomanovcami

Further reading

• “Toman”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024