Tolo Surname
Approximately 37,326 people bear this surname
Tolo Surname Definition:
Tolo is a surname of the Luvale tribe, meaning: elephant.
Read More About This SurnameTolo Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
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Mali | 19,425 | 1:874 | 105 |
Iran | 4,841 | 1:15,861 | 2,065 |
South Africa | 3,754 | 1:14,432 | 1,821 |
Philippines | 1,402 | 1:72,210 | 12,451 |
Indonesia | 810 | 1:163,271 | 15,899 |
Afghanistan | 660 | 1:48,717 | 1,716 |
DR Congo | 657 | 1:112,450 | 12,366 |
Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
Papua New Guinea | 473 | 1:17,238 | 1,733 |
Cameroon | 468 | 1:44,378 | 5,843 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 400 | 1:8,841 | 1,777 |
Ivory Coast | 399 | 1:57,823 | 3,427 |
Pakistan | 378 | 1:472,603 | 8,344 |
Nigeria | 335 | 1:528,784 | 26,031 |
Lesotho | 320 | 1:6,352 | 1,330 |
Liberia | 308 | 1:14,313 | 1,502 |
Benin | 261 | 1:39,600 | 5,089 |
United States | 226 | 1:1,603,801 | 107,667 |
Norway | 198 | 1:25,971 | 3,506 |
Solomon Islands | 167 | 1:3,473 | 385 |
Italy | 154 | 1:397,121 | 44,646 |
Spain | 133 | 1:351,519 | 20,096 |
France | 107 | 1:620,773 | 81,454 |
Congo | 97 | 1:51,434 | 4,724 |
Botswana | 83 | 1:26,349 | 5,307 |
Niger | 82 | 1:234,049 | 7,581 |
Kenya | 78 | 1:592,050 | 27,720 |
Austria | 57 | 1:149,394 | 19,936 |
Australia | 51 | 1:529,327 | 39,816 |
India | 47 | 1:16,320,540 | 259,912 |
Zambia | 42 | 1:377,379 | 19,273 |
Croatia | 41 | 1:103,137 | 16,264 |
Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
American Samoa | 30 | 1:1,859 | 357 |
Zimbabwe | 29 | 1:532,353 | 42,865 |
New Zealand | 21 | 1:215,634 | 21,249 |
Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
Andorra | 18 | 1:4,658 | 913 |
Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
Iceland | 14 | 1:27,149 | 2,069 |
Israel | 13 | 1:658,280 | 45,106 |
Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
Burkina Faso | 11 | 1:1,668,373 | 13,584 |
England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
Albania | 9 | 1:323,784 | 16,217 |
Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
Belarus | 8 | 1:1,187,632 | 77,603 |
United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
Guinea | 5 | 1:2,366,763 | 1,841 |
Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 1:1,493,164 | 71,188 |
Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Toló (5) & Tolò (1) are calculated separately.
Tolo (5,317) may also be a first name.
Tolo Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Tolo is a surname of the Luvale tribe, meaning: elephant.
User-submitted Reference
The Tolo surname means 'arrow head' in Xhosa. An arrow used for hunting when paired with a bow.
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Tolo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tolo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tolo (Arabic: تولو, Hindi: तोलो, Marathi: टोलो, Russian: Толо) is more commonly found in Mali than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Toló or Tolò. For other possible spellings of Tolo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tolo? popularity and diffusion
Tolo is the 14,923rd most frequently used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 195,240 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Tolo reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Mande Africa. Tolo is also the 92,577th most commonly occurring forename worldwide It is held by 5,317 people.
The surname Tolo is most numerous in Mali, where it is held by 19,425 people, or 1 in 874. Excluding Mali Tolo exists in 86 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 13 percent live and South Africa, where 10 percent live.
Tolo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Tolo has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 22,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tolo Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Tolo are 10.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.64% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Tolo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 51.24% less than the national average, earning €14,642 per year; in Norway they earn 4.99% less than the national average, earning 328,806 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 38.23% less than the national average, earning R 146,784 per year; in United States they earn 20.91% more than the national average, earning $52,172 USD per year and in Canada they earn 47.08% more than the national average, earning $73,072 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tolo Name Transliterations
Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
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Tolo in the Hindi language | ||
तोलो | tolo | 75 |
टोलो | tolo | 25 |
Tolo in the Marathi language | ||
टोलो | tolo | 55.56 |
तोलो | tolo | 22.22 |
टोळो | tolo | 11.11 |
टॉळो | tolo | 11.11 |
Tolo in the Russian language | ||
Толо | tolo | - |
Tolo in the Arabic language | ||
تولو | twlw | - |
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