Tolofon Surname
Approximately 826 people bear this surname
Tolofon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 804 | 1:12,855 | 1,756 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
Tolofon (59) may also be a first name.
Tolofon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tolofon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tolofon is most common in Benin. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tolofon? popularity and diffusion
It is the 420,074th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 8,822,695 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tolofon are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tolofon is also the 1,282,666th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 59 people.
The surname Tolofon is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 804 people, or 1 in 12,855. In Benin Tolofon is primarily concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 56 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 16 percent are found and Plateau Department, where 14 percent are found. Barring Benin this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toloufon | 93 | 44 | / |
| Toloffon | 93 | 12 | / |
| Tolofoun | 93 | 3 | / |
| Tollofon | 93 | 3 | / |
| Toloufoun | 88 | 2 | / |
| Tolefon | 86 | 144 | / |
| Talofon | 86 | 3 | / |
| Tolofane | 80 | 44 | / |
| Tollefon | 80 | 5 | / |
| Tolophon | 80 | 4 | / |
| Tolleffon | 75 | 15 | / |
| Telefon | 71 | 361 | / |
| Talafon | 71 | 4 | / |
| Talafone | 67 | 79 | / |
| Telefoon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Talotphong | 59 | 57 | / |
| Talodphong | 59 | 4 | / |
| Toulaphone | 59 | 2 | / |
| Telefan | 57 | 5 | / |
| Talotphoong | 56 | 1 | / |
| Tulaphon | 53 | 328 | / |
| Talafant | 53 | 46 | / |
| Talafane | 53 | 19 | / |
| Telephon | 53 | 3 | / |
| Tulaphong | 50 | 105 | / |
| Tallafant | 50 | 2 | / |
| Talophung | 50 | 1 | / |
| Thalafane | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Tolofon
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