Thosu Surname
Approximately 207 people bear this surname
Thosu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 185 | 1:957,528 | 40,908 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Thosu (48) may also be a first name.
Thosu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thosu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Thosu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Thosu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,155,901st most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. The last name Thosu is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Thosu live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Thosu is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly held given name on earth, borne by 48 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 185 people, or 1 in 957,528. In Nigeria Thosu is primarily found in: Ogun, where 90 percent reside and Lagos, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 10 percent reside and Thailand, where 0 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 Thosu
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