Tora Surname
Approximately 16,998 people bear this surname
Tora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 3,476 | 1:51,394 | 2,087 |
| Togo | 3,255 | 1:2,227 | 277 |
| Bangladesh | 1,622 | 1:98,247 | 4,266 |
| Fiji | 1,414 | 1:633 | 65 |
| Indonesia | 1,053 | 1:125,593 | 12,643 |
| Spain | 1,042 | 1:44,868 | 4,259 |
| Italy | 477 | 1:128,211 | 20,829 |
| Turkey | 451 | 1:172,553 | 13,171 |
| France | 412 | 1:161,220 | 25,089 |
| Papua New Guinea | 326 | 1:25,011 | 2,769 |
| Burkina Faso | 322 | 1:56,994 | 2,395 |
| India | 299 | 1:2,565,436 | 81,200 |
| Solomon Islands | 264 | 1:2,197 | 193 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| Kenya | 201 | 1:229,751 | 16,196 |
| Poland | 201 | 1:189,098 | 25,586 |
| Ivory Coast | 168 | 1:137,329 | 6,571 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| South Africa | 127 | 1:426,596 | 36,772 |
| Japan | 125 | 1:1,022,754 | 20,291 |
| Iraq | 121 | 1:289,435 | 5,881 |
| United States | 103 | 1:3,519,019 | 197,606 |
| Romania | 100 | 1:200,779 | 20,025 |
| Russia | 95 | 1:1,517,085 | 103,451 |
| Albania | 68 | 1:42,854 | 5,917 |
| Zimbabwe | 67 | 1:230,421 | 25,509 |
| Kosovo | 63 | 1:29,553 | 2,975 |
| Afghanistan | 61 | 1:527,101 | 6,518 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Brazil | 55 | 1:3,892,261 | 106,836 |
| England | 52 | 1:1,071,501 | 51,923 |
| Benin | 49 | 1:210,931 | 19,709 |
| Philippines | 42 | 1:2,410,434 | 128,915 |
| Greece | 42 | 1:263,805 | 39,714 |
| Argentina | 36 | 1:1,187,317 | 70,591 |
| Canada | 35 | 1:1,052,731 | 78,176 |
| New Zealand | 29 | 1:156,149 | 17,650 |
| Latvia | 25 | 1:82,002 | 12,055 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Jamaica | 19 | 1:151,050 | 5,132 |
| Israel | 17 | 1:503,390 | 37,521 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Mexico | 11 | 1:11,284,200 | 41,789 |
| Kazakhstan | 11 | 1:1,607,500 | 79,317 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Madagascar | 9 | 1:2,627,760 | 3,802 |
| Belarus | 8 | 1:1,187,632 | 77,603 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Torá (23), Torà (13) & Tõra (1) are calculated separately.
Tora (17,573) may also be a first name.
Tora Demographics
Tora Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Tora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tora Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tora (Arabic: طوري, Bengali: তোরা, Georgian: ტორა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻃﻮﺭ, Hindi: तोरा, Marathi: तोरा, Oriya: େତାରା, Russian: Тора) is more commonly found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Torá, Torà or Tõra. Click here to see other potential spellings of Tora.
How Common Is The Last Name Tora? popularity and diffusion
It is the 31,410th most commonly used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 428,730 people. Tora is mostly found in Asia, where 44 percent of Tora live; 32 percent live in South Asia and 30 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Tora is also the 41,536th most widely held given name throughout the world, held by 17,573 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 3,476 people, or 1 in 51,394. In Pakistan it is mostly found in: Punjab, where 100 percent are found, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 0 percent are found and Sindh, where 0 percent are found. Other than Pakistan this last name exists in 95 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 19 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 10 percent are found.
Tora Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Tora has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 2,060 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tora Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Tora last name is chiefly Orthodox (91%) in Russia, Christian (80%) in Kenya and Latin Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Tora surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Tora earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 35.56% less than the national average, earning €19,352 per year; in South Africa they earn 69.11% less than the national average, earning R 73,404 per year; in Colombia they earn 6.35% less than the national average, earning $21,260,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 28.05% less than the national average, earning $31,046 USD per year and in Canada they earn 40.31% more than the national average, earning $69,709 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tora Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tora in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻃﻮﺭ | twr | - |
| Tora in the Oriya language | ||
| େତାରା | etara | - |
| Tora in the Marathi language | ||
| तोरा | tora | 94.05 |
| टोरा | tora | 4.76 |
| तॉरा | tora | 1.19 |
| Tora in the Hindi language | ||
| तोरा | tora | 81.36 |
| टोरा | tora | 15.25 |
| टोर | tora | 1.69 |
| तोरां | toram | 1.69 |
| Tora in the Georgian language | ||
| ტორა | tora | 66.67 |
| თორა | tora | 33.33 |
| Tora in the Bengali language | ||
| তোরা | tora | 60 |
| তোড়া | tora | 20 |
| তোড়া | tora | 20 |
| Tora in the Russian language | ||
| Тора | tora | - |
| Tora in the Arabic language | ||
| طوري | twry | - |
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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
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