Toma Surname
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Toma Surname
My grandmother's maiden name was Toma, which I was told was a Romanian name, for "Thomas," after the disciple. Her family came from Arad and Nadloc, in Romania; she immigrated to the US at the age of seven. Although she was of mixed Hungarian and Romanian descent, Toma definitely sounds more Romanian than Magyar; I get the impression that there was a lot of crosspollination between the two cultures, since my greatgrandfather spoke both languages fluently. They settled in Northern Indiana in the US.