Tomoye Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Tomoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 145 | 1:1,221,674 | 49,169 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
Tomoye (95) may also be a first name.
Tomoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tomoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tomoye is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tomoye.
How Common Is The Last Name Tomoye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,338,236th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Tomoye live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tomoye is also the 974,243rd most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 95 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 145 people, or 1 in 1,221,674. In Nigeria Tomoye is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 40 percent live, Lagos, where 16 percent live and Ekiti, where 14 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.
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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 Tomoye
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