Tamnou Surname
Approximately 253 people bear this surname
Tamnou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 237 | 1:87,633 | 10,590 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tamnou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamnou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tamnou is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamnou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,006,539th most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 28,804,529 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Tamnou live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 237 people, or 1 in 87,633. In Cameroon Tamnou is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 49 percent live, Centre Region, where 27 percent live and West Region, where 20 percent live. Outside of Cameroon Tamnou occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in France, where 6 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Tamnou
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