Tovela Surname

16,848th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32,955 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mozambique
Highest density in:
Mozambique

Tovela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tovela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mozambique32,7531:832190
South Africa1881:288,17928,102
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Tovela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tovela occurs more in Mozambique more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tovela.

How Common Is The Last Name Tovela? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tovela is the 16,848th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 221,136 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tovela reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in Mozambique, where it is borne by 32,753 people, or 1 in 832. Outside of Mozambique this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Tovela Last Name Statistics demography

Tovela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.88% less than the national average, earning R 147,624 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tovella9255/
Thovela9226/
Touvela9211/
Toivela924/
Tovelia921/
Thovhela862/
Towela834,112/
Tobela83746/
Tavela83441/
Tovila83183/
Tovele8371/
Tovola8310/
Toveli8310/
Tovala834/
Thobela779,766/
Tavella779,052/
Tovilla775,728/
Toivola772,394/
Tuovila77613/
Taavela7798/
Tauvela7741/
Tovilau7736/
Toubela7724/
Tovelit7722/
Tavelas7721/
Tobelai7718/
Tovello7714/
Tompela7712/
Toweula778/
Tuovola778/
Toivila778/
Thowela775/
Toveloo772/
Toyvola772/
Thovala772/
Tovelli771/
Toybela771/
Tavelia771/
Tavelay771/
Tovolia771/
Toviola771/
Tovelid771/
Tovalia771/
Touveli771/
Toivala771/
Tobelia771/
Tovilas771/
Tevella771/
Tavetla771/
Toewala771/
Toveler770/
Tovillas71134/
Thovhala7194/
Touvelle7190/
Tovolahy7136/
Toivaala717/
Taveelap713/
Toubelea712/
Tavellia712/
Toyvilai711/
Thovheli711/
Tavellas711/
Tahavela711/
Touvelos711/
Tavala672,628/
Tobele67526/
Tawela67513/
Tabela67496/
Tavola67473/
Tobelo67388/
Tobila67277/
Tovili67206/
Tobeli67163/
Towelo67133/
Tovilo67130/
Towele67103/
Tevala6789/
Towely6786/
Towila6779/
Tavila6745/
Tevola6744/
Tavele6735/
Tewela6719/
Tawola6718/
Towala6717/
Taveli6714/
Tovolo6712/
Tewala679/
Tevelo673/
Tevila672/
Thaveelap671/
Tovile671/
Toweli671/
Thavettla671/
Tompealay671/
Tachouela671/
Towola671/
Tovalo671/

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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 Tovela
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