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 last name Tongou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﻧﻜﻮ) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Tongou.
How Common Is The Last Name Tongou? popularity and diffusion
Tongou is the 104,076th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,615,148 people. The last name Tongou is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tongou live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Chadic Africa. Tongou is also the 88,144th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 5,740 people.
The surname Tongou is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 4,475 people, or 1 in 4,641. In Cameroon it is most prevalent 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 Tongou occurs in 13 countries. It is also found 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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