Tongou Surname
Approximately 4,512 people bear this surname
Tongou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4,475 | 1:4,641 | 560 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tongou (5,740) may also be a first name.
Tongou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tongou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tongou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﻧﻜﻮ) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tongou is the 104,076th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,615,148 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tongou live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 88,144th most common first name in the world, held by 5,740 people.
The surname Tongou is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 4,475 people, or 1 in 4,641. In Cameroon it is most common in: North Region, where 94 percent are found, Far North Region, where 3 percent are found and Centre Region, where 2 percent are found. Beside Cameroon it exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 0 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tongou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tongou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻮﻧﻜﻮ | twnkw | - |
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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 Tongou
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