Tamkou Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Tamkou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 73 | 1:284,508 | 26,965 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
Tamkou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamkou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tamkou is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamkou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tamkou is the 2,136,387th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tamkou are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 94 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
Tamkou is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 284,508. In Cameroon Tamkou is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 45 percent live, Littoral Region, where 41 percent live and West Region, where 12 percent live. Not including Cameroon Tamkou occurs in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamkoue | 92 | 2 | / |
| Tamko | 91 | 1,457 | / |
| Tamku | 91 | 8 | / |
| Tamkoç | 83 | 997 | / |
| Thamko | 83 | 102 | / |
| Tamkhu | 83 | 23 | / |
| Thamku | 83 | 19 | / |
| Tamkeu | 83 | 18 | / |
| Tamkoy | 83 | 17 | / |
| Tamkoz | 83 | 9 | / |
| Tomkou | 83 | 8 | / |
| Tamkoa | 83 | 6 | / |
| Teamku | 83 | 3 | / |
| Tamkoi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tamkko | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tamkue | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tamkoo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tamkoye | 77 | 74 | / |
| Thamkoo | 77 | 5 | / |
| Thamkhu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Thamkho | 77 | 4 | / |
| Toumkou | 77 | 4 | / |
| Taimeko | 77 | 3 | / |
| Thomkou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tamkoia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thamkot | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tamkusz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tamkutė | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tomko | 73 | 8,163 | / |
| Tamka | 73 | 323 | / |
| Tamkó | 73 | 73 | / |
| Tomku | 73 | 26 | / |
| Tamco | 73 | 16 | / |
| Thamkhot | 71 | 351 | / |
| Thamkhup | 71 | 18 | / |
| Tahamkoa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tomkus | 67 | 405 | / |
| Tamkay | 67 | 90 | / |
| Tomkos | 67 | 75 | / |
| Tomcko | 67 | 71 | / |
| Tomkau | 67 | 28 | / |
| Tamkei | 67 | 28 | / |
| Tamkaş | 67 | 27 | / |
| Tamcoo | 67 | 24 | / |
| Tamkee | 67 | 22 | / |
| Tomkeu | 67 | 11 | / |
| Thamka | 67 | 10 | / |
| Tamcod | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tamkai | 67 | 5 | / |
| Toumko | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tomkoy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tomkod | 67 | 2 | / |
| Thomko | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tamkea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Toymko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thamcu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuomko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tamkaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tamkha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tommku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tamkey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Tamkou
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