Tobou Surname
Approximately 1,241 people bear this surname
Tobou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 904 | 1:11,433 | 1,565 |
| Cameroon | 306 | 1:67,873 | 8,556 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Tobou (321) may also be a first name.
Tobou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tobou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tobou occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tobou? popularity and diffusion
Tobou is the 305,056th most numerous family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,872,317 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tobou live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 489,856th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 321 people.
The last name Tobou is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 904 people, or 1 in 11,433. In Benin Tobou is most common in: Borgou Department, where 83 percent reside, Collines Department, where 13 percent reside and Zou Department, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Benin this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 25 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 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 Tobou
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