Tokou Surname
Approximately 4,056 people bear this surname
Tokou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,938 | 1:5,333 | 703 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,578 | 1:14,621 | 1,162 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Greece | 46 | 1:240,865 | 36,930 |
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 1:113,407 | 1,341 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tokou (3,396) may also be a first name.
Tokou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tokou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tokou occurs most in Benin. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tokou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 114,002nd most frequently held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,796,732 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Tokou live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tokou is also the 122,219th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 3,396 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 1,938 people, or 1 in 5,333. In Benin Tokou is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 29 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 20 percent reside and Collines Department, where 19 percent reside. Other than Benin this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 39 percent reside and Togo, where 10 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 Tokou
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