Tonkam Surname
Approximately 190 people bear this surname
Tonkam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 165 | 1:125,873 | 14,288 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Tonkam (10) may also be a first name.
Tonkam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tonkam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tonkam is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tonkam? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,227,038th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 38,355,505 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Tonkam live; 87 percent live in Central Africa and 86 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name internationally, borne by 10 people.
The last name Tonkam is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 165 people, or 1 in 125,873. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 39 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 34 percent reside and West Region, where 24 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 2 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
- 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 Tonkam
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