Tonfa Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Tonfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 127 | 1:1,394,825 | 54,286 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Tonfa (29) may also be a first name.
Tonfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tonfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tonfa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tonfa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,544,715th most frequently held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. Tonfa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tonfa reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tonfa is also the 1,951,561st most commonly occurring given name on earth. It is borne by 29 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 1,394,825. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 80 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 8 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Tonfa exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tounfa | 91 | 192 | / |
| Tonfat | 91 | 9 | / |
| Tonfay | 91 | 1 | / |
| Thonfai | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tonvfai | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tonfo | 80 | 180 | / |
| Tanfa | 80 | 118 | / |
| Tonfi | 80 | 39 | / |
| Tonfe | 80 | 23 | / |
| Tomfa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Thonvfai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tonfeu | 73 | 48 | / |
| Tounfo | 73 | 9 | / |
| Tonfee | 73 | 8 | / |
| Tounfi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Thonfe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Tunfah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tomfai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tonfit | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tanfay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tanfah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tonfio | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tomfas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tomfaya | 67 | 1,050 | / |
| Tanfass | 67 | 11 | / |
| Tounfou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tanfast | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thonfoi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tonfa
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