Toloum Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Toloum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Toloum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1141:182,18519,170
Chad91:1,510,2445,402
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Toloum (434) may also be a first name.

Toloum Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Toloum Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Toloum is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Toloum? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,612,213th most frequent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Toloum are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 411,730th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 434 people.

This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 114 people, or 1 in 182,185. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: North Region, where 36 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 26 percent are found and Centre Region, where 21 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 7 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Touloum921,076/
Tolom91681/
Tolum91614/
Thouloum861/
Touloume861/
Tolome83388/
Tholum8369/
Taloum8324/
Tollum8323/
Tollom835/
Toulom834/
Toleum832/
Toolum831/
Toluum831/
Tohlum831/
Toilom831/
Tolaum831/
Tholom831/
Toloun831/
Tolomg831/
Toloune77176/
Touloun77137/
Tholome7717/
Tollome774/
Tholuum773/
Thollum771/
Toloome771/
Tohlome771/
Touleum771/
Tulum737,241/
Talom733,809/
Tolun731,973/
Tolon731,855/
Talum73427/
Tolam73397/
Tulom7311/
Tolão731/
Toloń731/
Tolumova7167/
Tolouian7124/
Toulumne711/
Tholoung711/
Tulume671,619/
Tolone67961/
Toulon67828/
Taloim67785/
Tollon67472/
Tolong67354/
Tholon67256/
Tolgun67182/
Toolun6777/
Tholam6772/
Tallom6750/
Tolond6749/
Tatlum6748/
Taluim6747/
Taslum6743/
Toilam6741/
Tolame6735/
Talome6724/
Taloem6724/
Tuğlum6724/
Tallum6723/
Talume6721/
Tollam6719/
Taloom6716/
Toulam6715/
Toluon6714/
Toliam6714/
Tullum679/
Taloun676/
Teulum676/
Talaum676/
Thalom675/
Taalum674/
Tolung674/
Toloen674/
Tolund673/
Tolgon673/
Toloin673/
Toloon672/
Toleam672/
Talium672/
Toulousin672/
Tullom671/
Toslon671/
Talomg671/
Toilon671/
Toulun671/
Taulum671/
Tulome671/
Toslam671/
Thalum671/
Tahlom671/
Tolham670/
Tolion670/
Tolhoucen670/
Toslun670/
Toolon670/
Toolam670/
Tolonn670/

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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 Toloum
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