Tortola Surname

153,970th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,853 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
British Virgin Islands

Tortola Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tortola Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain8911:52,4714,871
Guatemala4741:33,9301,968
Brazil3921:546,10820,459
Philippines3151:321,39144,592
Italy2691:227,34831,508
United States2051:1,768,092116,364
Argentina1731:247,07220,033
Canada961:383,80834,152
Venezuela101:3,020,40831,795
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
France21:33,211,361423,184
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Tórtola (79), Tortolá (1), Tortolà (1) & Tòrtola (1) are calculated separately.

Tortola Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tortola is held by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Tórtola, Tortolá, Tortolà or Tòrtola. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tortola? popularity and diffusion

It is the 153,970th most prevalent family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,554,345 people. The last name Tortola occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 48 percent of Tortola live; 41 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 31 percent live in Iberian Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Spain, where it is carried by 891 people, or 1 in 52,471. In Spain it is most prevalent in: Valencian Community, where 39 percent reside, Castilla-La Mancha, where 30 percent reside and Catalonia, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Spain this last name exists in 24 countries. It is also common in Guatemala, where 17 percent reside and Brazil, where 14 percent reside.

Tortola Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tortola has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tortola last name expanded 10,250 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tortola Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Tortola are 24.38% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 77.61% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Tortola earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 13.91% more than the national average, earning $49,149 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.52% less than the national average, earning $48,433 CAD per year.

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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 Tortola
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