Tonefo Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Tonefo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Tonefo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin71:1,476,51557,381
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013

Tonefo Last Name Facts

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

Tonefo is found most frequently in Benin. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Tonefo.

How Common Is The Last Name Tonefo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tonefo is the 6,723,624th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Tonefo occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Tonefo live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Tonefo is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,476,515. In Benin Tonefo is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 100 percent are found. Other than Benin this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Trinidad and Tobago, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toneffo921/
Tanefo83590/
Tenefo83110/
Tonefa8328/
Tonafo8324/
Taneffo7723/
Tenefoh771/
Tonaffo771/
Tanefou771/
Tannefo771/
Tonofa67208/
Tanafo67105/
Tonifa6734/
Tanifo6715/
Tanefa6712/
Tanofo671/
Tannefoss671/
Tunefa671/
Tonafa671/
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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 Tonefo
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