Tanoua Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Tanoua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| Ivory Coast | 21 | 1:1,098,630 | 25,989 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
Tanoua (243) may also be a first name.
Tanoua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanoua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tanoua occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanoua? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tanoua is the 2,293,424th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Tanoua live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 38 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 573,164th most frequent first name internationally, held by 243 people.
The last name Tanoua is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 461,535. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: North Region, where 58 percent reside, Far North Region, where 40 percent reside and East Region, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon Tanoua occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 30 percent reside and Niger, where 4 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 Tanoua
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