Tonkah Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Tonkah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 18 | 1:244,919 | 15,115 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Tonkah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tonkah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tonkah is found in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tonkah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tonkah is the 3,665,662nd most commonly used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tonkah are found; 66 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 244,919. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Nimba County, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Liberia Tonkah is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 34 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Tonkah
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