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
Average Tora Salary in
United States
$31,046 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tora Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tora (Arabic: طوري, Bengali: তোরা, Georgian: ტორა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻃﻮﺭ, Hindi: तोरा, Marathi: तोरा, Oriya: େତାରା, Russian: Тора) occurs most in Pakistan. It can be found as: 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 held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 428,730 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 44 percent of Tora reside; 32 percent reside in South Asia and 30 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Tora is also the 41,536th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 17,573 people.
Tora is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is carried by 3,476 people, or 1 in 51,394. In Pakistan Tora is most frequent in: Punjab, where 100 percent reside, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 0 percent reside and Sindh, where 0 percent reside. Other than Pakistan it is found in 95 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 19 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 10 percent reside.
Tora Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Tora has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Tora surname grew 2,060 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tora Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Orthodox (91%) in Russia, Christian (80%) in Kenya and Latin Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Tora last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political 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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- 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 Tora
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