Toruba Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Toruba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Ukraine | 26 | 1:1,750,873 | 130,688 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Toruba (17) may also be a first name.
Toruba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Toruba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Toruba (Russian: Торуба) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Toruba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Toruba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,312,869th most common surname internationally, held by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. The surname Toruba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Toruba are found; 57 percent are found in West Africa and 57 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 17 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria Toruba is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 79 percent are found and Rivers, where 21 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Toruba is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 38 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torouba | 92 | 1 | / |
| Torubay | 92 | 1 | / |
| Torrauba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Toroba | 83 | 1,544 | / |
| Toriba | 83 | 276 | / |
| Taruba | 83 | 120 | / |
| Turuba | 83 | 68 | / |
| Toruva | 83 | 16 | / |
| Torubo | 83 | 8 | / |
| Toruwa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Teruba | 83 | 2 | / |
| Torube | 83 | 1 | / |
| Touroubai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Torubaova | 80 | 1 | / |
| Torroba | 77 | 775 | / |
| Torobay | 77 | 209 | / |
| Toribau | 77 | 166 | / |
| Targuba | 77 | 61 | / |
| Tarubai | 77 | 17 | / |
| Tharuba | 77 | 12 | / |
| Tarouba | 77 | 8 | / |
| Torobha | 77 | 8 | / |
| Terhuba | 77 | 6 | / |
| Tarhuba | 77 | 6 | / |
| Torzuwa | 77 | 6 | / |
| Turubat | 77 | 6 | / |
| Terubea | 77 | 5 | / |
| Torobai | 77 | 4 | / |
| Toruvat | 77 | 4 | / |
| Toruibi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Thoruwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Torubio | 77 | 2 | / |
| Toraube | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tarauba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Torouwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Torriba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tarubay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Toroube | 77 | 1 | / |
| Toruboh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thuruba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Touriba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Torrubio | 71 | 37 | / |
| Turusbay | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tourouwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Turubaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Touroube | 71 | 1 | / |
| Teroubah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Turubaha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tharubai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Turusbai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tarubhai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thoruber | 71 | 0 | / |
| Teriba | 67 | 562 | / |
| Tarubi | 67 | 524 | / |
| Tariba | 67 | 427 | / |
| Turuva | 67 | 419 | / |
| Taruva | 67 | 269 | / |
| Torobi | 67 | 199 | / |
| Taruwa | 67 | 175 | / |
| Tarube | 67 | 152 | / |
| Torobe | 67 | 69 | / |
| Torobo | 67 | 45 | / |
| Taroba | 67 | 30 | / |
| Toribo | 67 | 29 | / |
| Turubi | 67 | 28 | / |
| Turube | 67 | 15 | / |
| Toruwo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Turoba | 67 | 7 | / |
| Turubo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Táriba | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tharubhai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tatroubai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Touroubou | 67 | 1 | / |
Toruba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Toruba in the Russian language | ||
| Торуба | toruba | - |
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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 Toruba
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