Tombou Surname
Approximately 350 people bear this surname
Tombou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 342 | 1:60,728 | 7,792 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tombou (46) may also be a first name.
Tombou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tombou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tombou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻤﺒﻮ) is most common in Cameroon. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tombou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 801,116th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 20,821,560 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tombou live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 81 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 46 people.
It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 342 people, or 1 in 60,728. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: East Region, where 48 percent live, Centre Region, where 19 percent live and Littoral Region, where 15 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Senegal, where 1 percent live and Belgium, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tombou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tombou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻤﺒﻮ | tmbw | 66.67 |
| ﺗﻮﻣﺒﻮ | twmbw | 33.33 |
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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 Tombou
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