Tonfo Surname
Approximately 180 people bear this surname
Tonfo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 175 | 1:118,680 | 13,599 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Tonfo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tonfo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tonfo is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tonfo? popularity and diffusion
Tonfo is the 1,272,314th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 40,486,366 people. The surname Tonfo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Tonfo live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 175 people, or 1 in 118,680. In Cameroon Tonfo is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 41 percent live, West Region, where 37 percent live and Centre Region, where 19 percent live. Outside of Cameroon it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 1 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 1 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 Tonfo
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