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 surname Tansou is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Tansou.
How Common Is The Last Name Tansou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,593,402nd most prevalent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Tansou live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Chadic Africa. Tansou is also the 4,967,096th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 6 people.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Tansou is most prevalent in: North Region, where 50 percent live, Centre Region, where 25 percent live and Far North Region, where 25 percent live. Not including Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 17 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 17 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 Tansou
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