Tolua Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Tolua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tolua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea281:291,20439,406
Solomon Islands111:52,73010,588
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Tolua (19) may also be a first name.

Tolua Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tolua Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Tolua is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Tolua click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tolua? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,746,821st most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Tolua is primarily found in Oceania, where 84 percent of Tolua live; 80 percent live in Oceania Islands and 56 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Tolua is also the 2,523,061st most frequently held forename world-wide, held by 19 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 291,204. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Southern Highlands, where 43 percent are found, Bougainville, where 29 percent are found and East New Britain, where 25 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 12 percent are found.

Tolua Last Name Statistics demography

Tolua earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 79.29% less than the national average, earning $8,938 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toluay91318/
Tohlua911/
Toluha911/
Toluea911/
Tholua911/
Toluayi8323/
Totlhua831/
Toluhah831/
Tholuas830/
Tolba8048,369/
Talua80413/
Tolva80158/
Tulua80143/
Tolwa8060/
Toluo8018/
Toluhash771/
Toulba731,604/
Tolvaj73833/
Tolvai73404/
Tolbaa73184/
Tolvay73151/
Tollba73129/
Tolway7380/
Tuluay7370/
Taluay7360/
Tolwaj7344/
Taulua7323/
Tolvas7313/
Tholwa7311/
Tolbay7310/
Tolbai738/
Tallua737/
Taluae736/
Toeluo736/
Taluat734/
Taluad733/
Tuilua733/
Tolwah731/
Tolbha731/
Tollva731/
Toulwa731/
Tolwat731/
Tuluah731/
Toluod731/
Tolvaz731/
Toolwa731/
Tolwai731/
Tuğluay6724/
Toolbaa674/
Taluhau673/
Taluach672/
Thuluha671/
Thoulba671/

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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 Tolua
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