Tóth, Tót or Toth is a Hungarian ethnonymic surname that was an older term related to the "Tótok" meaning Slavs (of Slavonia i.e. Croats, also Slovenes and Slovaks). "Toth" may also be a surname of German origin.1
Tót has also been a more general Slavic reference, per toponyms like Tótszerdahely and Tótszentmárton on the southern border of Hungary.2
Tóth is among the top three most frequent surnames in Hungary.3
People with the surname
Notable people with the name include:
A
- Ádám Tóth (born 1985), Hungarian figure skater
- Ádám Tóth (handballer) (born 1995), Hungarian handball player
- Adrienn Tóth (born 1990), Hungarian modern pentathlete
- Ágota Lykovcán (born 1987; née Tóth), Hungarian speed skater
- Aladár Tóth (1898–1968), Hungarian music manager
- Alex Toth (1928–2006), American cartoonist
- Alexander Tóth (born 2001), Slovak footballer
- Alexandra Tóth, multiple people
- Saint Alexis Toth (1853–1909), Slovak priest of the Russian Orthodox church who served in the United States
- Amarissa Tóth (born 2003), Hungarian tennis player
- Amerigo Tot (1909–1984; born Imre Tóth), Hungarian sculptor
- Andi Tóth (born 1999), Hungarian actress and singer
- Andor Toth (1925–2006), American classical violinist and conductor, member of Toth Duo, father of Andor Toth Jr.
- Andor Toth Jr. (1948–2002), American cellist, member of Toth Duo
- András Tóth, multiple people
- Andre de Toth (1913–2002), Hungarian-American filmmaker
- Andrea Tóth (born 1980), Hungarian water polo player
- Andrew Toth, U.S. Air Force general
- Anita Tóth (born 1979), Hungarian sport shooter
- Ann Toth (1922–1991), American actress
- Anna Tóth (born 2003), Hungarian hurdler
- Annamária Tóth (1945–2023), Hungarian athletics competitor
- Anne Toth, American business executive
- Árpád Tóth (1886–1928), Hungarian poet
- Attila Tóth (born 1965), Hungarian figure skater
B
- Balázs Tóth, multiple people
- Bálint Tóth (born 1955), Hungarian mathematician
- Barnabás Tóth (born 1994), Hungarian footballer
- Beatrix Tóth (born 1967), Hungarian handball player
- Béla Tóth, Hungarian football manager
- Bela Tóth (chess player) (born 1943), Hungarian and Italian chess master
- Bence Tóth, multiple people
- Bertalan Tóth (born 1975), Hungarian lawyer and politician
- Borbála Tóth Harsányi (born 1946), Hungarian handball player, sister of Katalin Laki
- Borisz Tóth (born 2002), Hungarian footballer
- Brett Toth (born 1996), American football player
C
- Celina Toth (born 1992), Canadian diver
- Charles Toth (1879-?), American long-distance swimmer
- Claudia Toth Fischer (born 1981), Austrian curler
- Csaba Tóth (born 1960), Hungarian politician
- Csaba Tóth (racing driver) (born 1967), Hungarian racing driver
- Cynthia Ann Toth, American ophthalmologist and professor
D
- Daniel Toth (born 1987), Austrian footballer
- Dávid Tóth (born 1985), Hungarian canoer
- Dominik Tóth (1925–2015), Slovak catholic priest
- Don Toth (born 1948), Canadian politician
- Dušan Tóth (born 1971), Slovak football manager and former player
E
- Ed Toth, American drummer
- Ede Tóth (1884–1943), Hungarian tennis player
- Edina Tóth (born 1975), Hungarian politician
- Edra Toth (born 1952), Hungarian-American ballet dancer
- Elizabeth Toth, American academic
- Emily Toth, American scholar, novelist, advice columnist, and feminist activist
- Eric Justin Toth (born 1982), American convict
- Eszter Tóth (born 1992), Hungarian handball player
- Éva Tóth (1952–2013), Hungarian sprinter
F
- Ferenc Tóth, multiple people
- Frank Tóth (born 1970), Hungarian water polo player
G
- Gabi Tóth (born 1988), Hungarian singer
- Gábor Tóth, multiple people
- Gabriella Tóth, multiple people
- Georgina Toth (born 1982), Hungarian-Cameroonian thrower
- Gergely Tóth (born 1966), Hungarian theoretical chemist
- Géza Tóth, multiple people
- Gwendolyn Toth (born 1955), American early music artist
- György Tóth (1915–1994), Hungarian football player and manager
- Gyula Tóth, multiple people
H
- Hajnalka Tóth (born 1976), Hungarian fencer
I
- Ildikó Tóth, multiple people
- Ilona Tóth (1932–1957), Hungarian medical student and revolutionary
- Imre Tóth, multiple people
- István Tóth, multiple people
- Iván Tóth (born 1971), Hungarian footballer
- Ivan Toth Depeña (born 1972), American artist
- Ivett Tóth (born 1998), Hungarian figure skater
J
- János Tóth, multiple people
- Jennifer Toth (1967–2025), American journalist and writer
- Jerry Toth (1928–1999), Canadian composer and woodwind player
- Jon Toth (born 1994), American football player
- Joseph L. Toth (born 1973), American judge
- József Tóth, multiple people
- Judit Tóth (1906–1993), Hungarian gymnast
- Judith C. Toth (born 1937), American politician
- Juraj Tóth (born 1975), Slovak astronomer
K
- Kaleb Toth (born 1977), Canadian lacrosse player
- Kálmán Tóth, multiple people
- Karina Toth (born 1983), Austrian curler
- Karlo Toth (1907–1988), Yugoslav wrestler
- Katalin Laki (born 1948; née Tóth Harsányi), Hungarian handball player
- Katalin Tóth (born 1984), Hungarian handball player
- Kevin Toth (born 1967), American shot putter
- Krisztián Tóth (born 1994), Hungarian judoka
- Krisztina Tóth, multiple people
L
- Lajos Tóth (1914–1984), Hungarian gymnast
- Lajos Tóth (fighter pilot) (1922–1951), Hungarian fighter pilot
- László Tahi Tóth (1944–2018), Hungarian actor
- László Toroczkai (born 1978; born László Tóth), Hungarian politician
- László Tóth, Laszlo Toth or Lazlo Toth, multiple people
- Les Toth (born 1952), Australian actor and DJ
- Lívia Tóth (born 1980), Hungarian runner
- Lucio Toth (1934–2017), Italian politician
M
- Marcel Toth (born 1989), Austrian footballer
- Margit Tóth (1961–2016), Hungarian gymnast
- Marijo Tot (born 1972), Croatian football manager
- Mário Tóth (born 1995), Slovak footballer
- Martin Tóth (born 1986), Slovak footballer
- Márton Tóth, Hungarian sprint canoer
- Máté Tóth, multiple people
- Matej Tóth (born 1983), Slovak race walker
- Mátyás Tóth (1918–2002), Hungarian–Romanian footballer
- Mihály Tóth, multiple people
- Mike Toth (born 1963), Canadian sports anchor
- Mikuláš Tóth, multiple people
- Miroslav Tóth (born 1978), Slovak footballer
- Monica Toth (born 1970), Romanian triple jumper
N
- Noémi Orvos-Tóth (born 1971), Hungarian psychologist and author
- Nicholas Toth (born 1952), American archaeologist
- Norbert Tóth, multiple people
- Noémi Tóth (born 1976), Italian water polo player
O
- Orsolya Tóth (born 1981), Hungarian actress
P
- Paolo Toth (born 1941), Italian computer scientist and engineer
- Paul A. Toth (born 1964), American writer
- Paul Toth (1935–1999), American baseball player
- Péter Tóth, multiple people
R
- Rudy Toth (1925–2009), Slovak-Canadian composer, arranger, conductor, pianist, and cimbalom player
S
- Sándor Tóth (1939–2019), Hungarian journalist and politician
- Sára Tóth (born 1993), Hungarian handball player
- Sheree Toth, American professor at the University of Rochester
- Steve Toth (born 1960), American politician
- Susan Toth (died 2020), wife of American writer Harlan Ellison
- Szilárd Tóth (born 1973), Hungarian figure skater
T
- Taylor Toth (born 1989), American figure skater
- Tamás Tóth, multiple people
- Thomas Toth, Canadian long-distance runner
- Tiah Toth (born 1993), Australian rules footballer
- Tiffany Toth, Playboy Playmate of the Month in September 2011
- Tímea Tóth (born 1980), Hungarian handballer
- Timea Toth (swimmer) (born 1968), Israeli retired Olympic swimmer
- Tom Toth (born 1962), American football player
V
- Viktor Tóth (born 1977), Hungarian saxophonist
- Viktoria Orsi Toth (born 1990), Italian beach volleyball player
- Vilmos Tóth (1832–1898), Hungarian politician
- Vojtech Tóth (born 1938), Slovak wrestler
W
- Wooden Wand, American singer, born James Jackson Toth
Z
- Zollie Toth (1924–2018), American football player
- Zoltán Tóth, multiple people
- Zsófia Tóth (born 1989), Hungarian triathlete
- Zsófia Tóth (ice hockey) (born 2003), Hungarian ice hockey player
- Zvi Yanai (1935–2013; born Sandro Toth), Israeli civil servant and author
References
References
- Hanks, Patrick (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4.
- Vidmarović, Đuro (2010). "Zvonimir Bartolić i Hrvati u susjednim zemljama s posebnim osvrtom na pomurske Hrvate u Mađarskoj" [Zvonimir Bartolić and the Croats in neighboring countries with special overview of the Croats coming from the Pomurje region and living in Hungary]. KAJ: Literature, Art and Culture Periodical (in Croatian). 43 (212) (1–2). Zagreb, Croatia: Kajkavian Parliament - Association for Promotion of Science and Arts: 63–64. ISSN 1848-7920.
- Tamás Farkas, A Surname Typology Project: The Lessons Learnt from the Distribution of the Most Frequent Hungarian Surnames, 2018