Tamouya Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Tamouya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 149 | 1:139,390 | 15,562 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Tamouya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamouya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tamouya occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamouya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tamouya is the 1,434,893rd most commonly used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tamouya live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Tamouya is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 149 people, or 1 in 139,390. In Cameroon Tamouya is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 32 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 31 percent reside and West Region, where 30 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon Tamouya is found in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Tamouya
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