# Tola (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tola/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 553 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,717 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 558,310 people |
| Change since 2000 | +18% (468 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Italian Tola, a surname of Sardinian origin. * Borrowed from Amharic ቶላ (tola).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tola in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 53% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 31% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tola in Albania.

## People named Tola

- Erjon Tola, Albanian alpine skier

## Similar surnames

Toole, Tolley, Towle, Tolle, Toll, Toal, Tole, Talley, Tilley, Tello, Thiel, Tully.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.