Tosa Surname
Approximately 10,466 people bear this surname
Tosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 5,767 | 1:22,168 | 2,423 |
| India | 1,556 | 1:492,973 | 24,902 |
| Romania | 1,047 | 1:19,177 | 2,475 |
| Italy | 421 | 1:145,265 | 22,877 |
| DR Congo | 315 | 1:234,538 | 22,701 |
| Indonesia | 254 | 1:520,666 | 42,361 |
| Nigeria | 217 | 1:816,326 | 36,276 |
| Papua New Guinea | 180 | 1:45,298 | 5,598 |
| South Africa | 146 | 1:371,080 | 33,514 |
| United States | 127 | 1:2,854,007 | 168,820 |
| Thailand | 105 | 1:672,746 | 112,498 |
| Zimbabwe | 58 | 1:266,177 | 28,032 |
| Brazil | 49 | 1:4,368,864 | 116,514 |
| Turkey | 37 | 1:2,103,282 | 71,268 |
| Solomon Islands | 23 | 1:25,219 | 4,941 |
| Argentina | 23 | 1:1,858,409 | 95,340 |
| Spain | 22 | 1:2,125,093 | 54,547 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Lesotho | 12 | 1:169,380 | 13,459 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 1:686,352 | 29,886 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Toşa (132), Tósa (11) & Toša (8) are calculated separately.
Tosa (1,555) may also be a first name.
Tosa Demographics
Average Tosa Salary in
United States
$51,504 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tosa (Hindi: तोसा, Marathi: टोसा, Oriya: େତାଷା, Russian: Тьоса) is more frequently found in Japan than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Toşa, Tósa or Toša. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tosa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 49,195th most prevalent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 696,307 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 74 percent of Tosa live; 55 percent live in East Asia and 55 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 196,508th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 1,555 people.
The last name is most widely held in Japan, where it is held by 5,767 people, or 1 in 22,168. In Japan Tosa is primarily concentrated in: Osaka Prefecture, where 11 percent live, Chiba Prefecture, where 10 percent live and Niigata Prefecture, where 9 percent live. Barring Japan it occurs in 53 countries. It is also common in India, where 15 percent live and Romania, where 10 percent live.
Tosa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Tosa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tosa surname grew 6,350 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tosa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Tosa surname are 27.54% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 80.77% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Tosa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 512.84% more than the national average, earning S/. 118,800 per year; in South Africa they earn 62.65% less than the national average, earning R 88,752 per year and in United States they earn 19.36% more than the national average, earning $51,504 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tosa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tosa in the Oriya language | ||
| େତାଷା | etasa | - |
| Tosa in the Marathi language | ||
| टोसा | tosa | - |
| Tosa in the Hindi language | ||
| तोसा | tosa | 90.32 |
| टोसा | tosa | 9.68 |
| Tosa in the Russian language | ||
| Тьоса | tosa | - |
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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 Tosa
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