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
The last name Tohoun is found most frequently in Benin. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Tohoun.
How Common Is The Last Name Tohoun? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 163,764th most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,748,980 people. Tohoun occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Tohoun live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tohoun is also the 593,349th most widely held first name internationally, held by 229 people.
The last name is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 1,909 people, or 1 in 5,414. In Benin Tohoun is most prevalent in: Kouffo Department, where 40 percent are found, Zou Department, where 34 percent are found and Mono Department, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 27 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Tohoun
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