Tohoun Surname
Approximately 2,651 people bear this surname
Tohoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,909 | 1:5,414 | 712 |
| Ivory Coast | 720 | 1:32,043 | 2,158 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
Tohoun (229) may also be a first name.
Tohoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tohoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tohoun is found most frequently in Benin. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Tohoun click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tohoun? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 163,764th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,748,980 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Tohoun are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tohoun is also the 593,349th most prevalent forename in the world, borne by 229 people.
The last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 1,909 people, or 1 in 5,414. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Kouffo Department, where 40 percent reside, Zou Department, where 34 percent reside and Mono Department, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 27 percent reside and France, 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 Tohoun
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