Tosto

See also: tosto, tostó, and tostò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Tosto.

Proper noun

Tosto (plural Tostos)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tosto is the 37288^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 598 individuals. Tosto is most common among White (97.16%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From tosto (“hard-boiled, tough”), a nickname for an obstinate person.

Proper noun

Tosto m or f by sense

1. a surname

Anagrams

• sotto, sotto-