The Tola surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 553 people carried this name — #39,717 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 18% from 468 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Tola surname
A surname from Sardinian.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Tola» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,261 people named Tola live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 125 people named Tola.
28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Corsica.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
101 people named Tola live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
29 people named Tola is counted in Finland.
Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Tola,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pasquale Tola 1800–1874 · judge -
Pasquale Tola 1800–1874 · judge
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Efisio Tola 1803–1833 · military personnel -
Leonardo Tola d. 1503 · condottiero
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Gabriele Tola 1505–1569 · painter
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Benedetto Tola 1525–1572 · musician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tola.
- Toffolo 144 · U.S. census
- Tognarelli 120 · U.S. census
- Tognetti 326 · U.S. census
- Togni 130 · U.S. census
- Toigo 280 · U.S. census
- Tokarz 1,392 · U.S. census
- Toledano 1,036 · U.S. census
- Toledo 19,474 · U.S. census
- Tolla 162 · U.S. census
- Tollard 122 · U.S. census
- Tolle 3,564 · U.S. census
- Tollis 255 · U.S. census
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