Tonghen Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Tonghen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Tonghen (46) may also be a first name.
Tonghen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tonghen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tonghen is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tonghen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,812,366th most frequent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tonghen are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tonghen is also the 1,484,914th most prevalent given name world-wide It is held by 46 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 100 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 9 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 Tonghen
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