Tomboye Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Tomboye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Tomboye (12) may also be a first name.
Tomboye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tomboye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tomboye is most common in Cameroon. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tomboye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tomboye is the 3,882,373rd most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Tomboye reside; 62 percent reside in Central Africa and 62 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Tomboye is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 12 people.
The surname Tomboye is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 1,298,067. In Cameroon Tomboye is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 35 percent reside and France, where 4 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 Tomboye
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