Tansou Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Tansou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Tansou (6) may also be a first name.
Tansou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tansou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tansou occurs most in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tansou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tansou is the 7,593,402nd most frequent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Tansou reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Tansou is also the 4,967,096th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 6 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Tansou is mostly concentrated in: North Region, where 50 percent reside, Centre Region, where 25 percent reside and Far North Region, where 25 percent reside. Barring Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 17 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 17 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 Tansou
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