Tobia Surname
Approximately 7,312 people bear this surname
Tobia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,575 | 1:230,133 | 22,178 |
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Egypt | 946 | 1:97,184 | 8,316 |
| Philippines | 473 | 1:214,034 | 33,353 |
| Italy | 447 | 1:136,816 | 21,844 |
| France | 327 | 1:203,128 | 31,564 |
| South Africa | 265 | 1:204,444 | 21,800 |
| Argentina | 264 | 1:161,907 | 13,634 |
| Venezuela | 217 | 1:139,189 | 4,431 |
| Spain | 215 | 1:217,451 | 14,567 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Brazil | 138 | 1:1,551,263 | 51,554 |
| Nigeria | 121 | 1:1,463,990 | 56,236 |
| Canada | 119 | 1:309,627 | 28,530 |
| Colombia | 82 | 1:582,611 | 7,469 |
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| England | 54 | 1:1,031,816 | 50,675 |
| Australia | 52 | 1:519,148 | 39,018 |
| Ivory Coast | 40 | 1:576,781 | 17,373 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Uruguay | 36 | 1:95,327 | 9,476 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Solomon Islands | 25 | 1:23,201 | 4,555 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Scotland | 14 | 1:382,416 | 16,471 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Cook Islands | 4 | 1:4,545 | 1,050 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:2,092,445 | 103,667 |
The alternate forms: Tobía (10) are calculated separately.
Tobia (3,407) may also be a first name.
Tobia Demographics
Average Male Tobia Height
175.76 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Tobia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tobia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tobia (Arabic: طوبـيا, Georgian: ტობია, Russian: Тобиа) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Tobía. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tobia? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 67,965th most prevalent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 996,656 people. Tobia is mostly found in Africa, where 38 percent of Tobia live; 20 percent live in North America and 20 percent live in Anglo-North America. Tobia is also the 121,983rd most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 3,407 people.
Tobia is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 1,575 people, or 1 in 230,133. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New Jersey, where 21 percent reside, California, where 12 percent reside and Michigan, where 8 percent reside. Other than The United States it is found in 68 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 18 percent reside and Egypt, where 13 percent reside.
Tobia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Tobia has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 6,563 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 2,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Tobia Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Tobia last name are 1.03% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.2% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Tobia earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 11.85% less than the national average, earning €26,470 per year; in South Africa they earn 39.15% less than the national average, earning R 144,612 per year; in Colombia they earn 30.22% less than the national average, earning $15,842,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 17.31% more than the national average, earning $50,619 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.69% more than the national average, earning $54,995 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tobia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tobia in the Georgian language | ||
| ტობია | tobia | - |
| Tobia in the Russian language | ||
| Тобиа | tobia | - |
| Tobia in the Arabic language | ||
| طوبـيا | twbya | - |
| طوبيّا | twbya | - |
| توبيا | twbya | - |
| طوبيا | twbya | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tobia
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