{{Short description|Family name}} {{Infobox surname |name = Tooming |image = |image_size = |caption = |pronunciation = |meaning = "bird cherry" (''Prunus padus'') |region = Estonia |languageorigin = Estonian |variant = Toomingas, Tomingas, Toming |footnotes = |nolinklanguage = }} '''Tooming''' is an Estonian surname derived from ''toomingas'', meaning "bird cherry" (''Prunus padus''). As of 1 January 2021, 244 men and 263 women have the surname Tooming in Estonia. In terms of the distribution of surnames, Tooming ranks 206th for men and 221st for women.<ref name="Ruus" /> The surname is most commonly found in Jõgeva County, where 47.10 per 10,000 inhabitants of the county bear the name.<ref name="Ruus">[https://www.stat.ee/nimed/?nimi=pere&nimi2=K%C3%BCnnap&otsi=search Nimede statistika]. ''Tooming''. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.</ref>
Notable people bearing the surname Tooming include:
*Alfred Tooming (1907–1977), Lutheran archbishop *Jaan Tooming (born 1946), actor, theatre and film director and writer *Osvald Tooming (1914–1992), journalist and writer *Peeter Tooming (1939–1997), photographer, documentary film director and journalist
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