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    The surname Tola

    An Italian surname, carried by 553 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T400

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tola is more common than 75.5% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

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

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 553 people named Tola in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 558,310 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 468.

    #39,717
    rank among US surnames
    553
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +18.2%
    change since 2000 (was #43,463)

    Who is named Tola

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    53% of people named Tola identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 53%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 31%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Tolas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Erjon Tola
      Albanian alpine skier, born 1986

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tola

    Tola has the Soundex code T400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T400.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tola come from?
    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Italian Tola, a surname of Sardinian origin. * Borrowed from Amharic ቶላ (tola).
    How common is the surname Tola?
    553 people in the United States had the surname Tola in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 558,310 Americans. It ranked 39,717th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tola?
    In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Tola identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Tola?
    Erjon Tola, Albanian alpine skier.
    Where is the surname Tola most common?
    Wikidata records people named Tola in Albania.
    Is the surname Tola getting more or less common?
    More common. 468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 553 in 2010, up 18%.