Tinkou Surname
Approximately 214 people bear this surname
Tinkou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 200 | 1:51,678 | 6,508 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Tinkou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tinkou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tinkou (Hindi: टिंकूू) has its highest incidence in Benin. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tinkou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tinkou is the 1,129,067th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 34,053,953 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tinkou live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 200 people, or 1 in 51,678. In Benin Tinkou is most prevalent in: Kouffo Department, where 67 percent live, Littoral Department, where 9 percent live and Zou Department, where 9 percent live. Outside of Benin Tinkou exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Togo, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tinkou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tinkou in the Hindi language | ||
| टिंकूू | tinkuu | 50 |
| टिंकू | tinku | 50 |
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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 Tinkou
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