Tolu Surname
Approximately 9,040 people bear this surname
Tolu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 4,128 | 1:18,852 | 2,274 |
| Italy | 2,323 | 1:26,327 | 4,705 |
| Indonesia | 582 | 1:227,232 | 21,130 |
| India | 544 | 1:1,410,047 | 54,053 |
| Nigeria | 432 | 1:410,053 | 21,395 |
| Kenya | 207 | 1:223,091 | 15,759 |
| Romania | 122 | 1:164,573 | 17,104 |
| France | 106 | 1:626,629 | 82,018 |
| Papua New Guinea | 78 | 1:104,535 | 14,121 |
| Iran | 73 | 1:1,051,815 | 47,741 |
| United States | 66 | 1:5,491,802 | 273,080 |
| Argentina | 41 | 1:1,042,522 | 64,438 |
| Uganda | 38 | 1:1,027,349 | 44,109 |
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Belgium | 26 | 1:442,179 | 45,013 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Malta | 24 | 1:17,928 | 1,021 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Namibia | 12 | 1:200,783 | 9,838 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Tolú (1) are calculated separately.
Tolu (18,316) may also be a first name.
Tolu Demographics
Tolu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Tolu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tolu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tolu (Hindi: तोलू, Marathi: टोलू, Russian: Толу) is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Tolú. For other potential spellings of Tolu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tolu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 56,117th most widely held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 806,144 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 55 percent of Tolu are found; 41 percent are found in West Asia and 41 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Tolu is also the 40,316th most frequent given name at a global level, held by 18,316 people.
This surname is most widespread in Turkey, where it is carried by 4,128 people, or 1 in 18,852. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 13 percent live, Kahramanmaras Province, where 12 percent live and Mersin Province, where 9 percent live. Besides Turkey this last name occurs in 51 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 26 percent live and Indonesia, where 6 percent live.
Tolu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Tolu last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Tolu are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 80% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Tolu earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 18.49% less than the national average, earning €24,478 per year and in United States they earn 26.76% more than the national average, earning $54,694 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tolu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tolu in the Hindi language | ||
| तोलू | tolu | 46.45 |
| तोलु | tolu | 25.81 |
| टोलू | tolu | 20.22 |
| टोलु | tolu | 7.53 |
| Tolu in the Marathi language | ||
| टोलू | tolu | 30.62 |
| टोलु | tolu | 20.11 |
| तोलु | tolu | 17.21 |
| टोळू | tolu | 12.48 |
| टोळु | tolu | 6.04 |
| तोलू | tolu | 5.39 |
| तोळू | tolu | 4.07 |
| तोळु | tolu | 3.81 |
| तोला | tola | 0.13 |
| Tolu in the Russian language | ||
| Толу | tolu | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Tolu
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