The Tomas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,673 people carried this name — #4,623 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,500 people counted. That is up 57% from 4,894 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,832 people named Tomas live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
1,296 people named Tomas have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,553 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 991 people named Tomas.
423 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 55 départements, most often Hérault.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
374 people named Tomas live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
180 people named Tomas is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Tomas in American newspapers,
1891–1945.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 274,460 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Tomas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Roman Tomas 1980– · ice hockey player -
Luisa Tomas 1983– · basketball player -
Marko Tomas 1985– · basketball player -
Julien Tomas 1985– · rugby union player -
Xavier Tomas 1986– · association football player -
Irma Stein 1896–1940
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 52 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tomas.
- Tollard 122 · U.S. census
- Tolle 3,564 · U.S. census
- Tollis 255 · U.S. census
- Tolosa 758 · U.S. census
- Tom 10,350 · U.S. census
- Toma 4,399 · U.S. census
- Tomaselli 1,006 · U.S. census
- Tomasello 2,529 · U.S. census
- Tomasi 1,074 · U.S. census
- Tomasini 1,012 · U.S. census
- Tomasino 627 · U.S. census
- Tomassi 659 · U.S. census
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