Toya

See also: toya

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• Amerindian surname typical of the Jemez Pueblo people of New Mexico, possibly from Spanish Toya.
• Borrowed from Japanese 桐耶 (Tōya, “door valley”).

Proper noun

Toya (plural Toyas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Toya is the 40371^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 542 individuals. Toya is most common among American Indian/Alaska Native (63.28%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (14.21%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoʝa/ [ˈt̪o.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈtoʝa/ [ˈt̪o.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈtoʃa/ [ˈt̪o.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈtoʒa/ [ˈt̪o.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -oʝa
• Syllabification: To‧ya

Proper noun

Toya f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Victoria