Taouta Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Taouta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Taouta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon961:216,34421,934
Benin41:2,583,90073,293
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Taouta (53) may also be a first name.

Taouta Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Taouta Come From? nationality or country of origin

Taouta (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﺗﻪ) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Taouta? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,806,862nd most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. The surname Taouta is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Taouta live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 53 people.

This last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 216,344. In Cameroon Taouta is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 88 percent live and Littoral Region, where 10 percent live. Besides Cameroon this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 4 percent live and Mauritania, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tahouta9228/
Taoutay927/
Taoutai924/
Thaouta924/
Taoutad921/
Taoutah921/
Taoutas921/
Taota91116/
Taouthai861/
T'Aoutaï861/
Taouti831,306/
Tayota8334/
Tauata8312/
Tahota8310/
Toiuta833/
Taoute832/
Taotah831/
Toouta831/
Ta'ota831/
Taotas831/
Taouto831/
Thaouthai804/
Thaotha77278/
Teaotea77185/
Tauhata7736/
Tahouto7733/
Tauatea7720/
Tahouti777/
Taoutou774/
Taoyota772/
Tooauta771/
Taoutit771/
Thaouti771/
Tahosta771/
Taoieta771/
Tauiuta771/
Tohouta771/
Tahuyta771/
Tahotta770/
Taote73405/
Taoti7371/
Taoto7352/
Tauotaha71209/
Thaothai71135/
Thaothay718/
Tagiouti711/
Thaothha711/
Taouette711/
Tayoto671,636/
Taioto67790/
Touate67396/
Touaty67126/
Taotep67124/
Toatoa6742/
Tauaitaya6729/
Taotho6728/
Thaoto6727/
Thaoyotha6727/
Taotip6711/
Taoete6711/
Teaoti679/
Thaoti678/
Toauti676/
Tahoti675/
Touote673/
Toatea671/
Taaote671/
Tahuto671/
Touàti671/
Taotto671/
Tahute671/
Tayote671/
Taotie671/
Taothi671/
Thoauttha671/

Taouta Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Taouta in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻮﺗﻪtwth-

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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
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  • 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 Taouta
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