# Tooming

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{{Short description|Family name}}
{{Infobox surname
|name = Tooming
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|meaning = "bird cherry" (''Prunus padus'')
|region = [Estonia](/source/Estonia)
|languageorigin = [Estonian](/source/Estonian_language)
|variant = Toomingas, [Tomingas](/source/Tomingas), Toming
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'''Tooming''' is an [Estonian](/source/Estonian_language) surname derived from ''toomingas'', meaning "[bird cherry](/source/Prunus_padus)" (''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](/source/J%C3%B5geva_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](/source/Alfred_Tooming) (1907–1977), Lutheran archbishop
*[Jaan Tooming](/source/Jaan_Tooming) (born 1946), actor, theatre and film director and writer
*[Osvald Tooming](/source/%3Aet%3AOsvald_Tooming) (1914–1992), journalist and writer
*[Peeter Tooming](/source/Peeter_Tooming) (1939–1997), photographer, documentary film director and journalist

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