Tonkara Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Liberia

Tonkara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tonkara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger121:1,599,33532,126
Liberia81:551,06725,208
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Mauritania41:1,023,71625,172
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705

Tonkara Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tonkara Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Tonkara (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﻧﻜﺎﺭﻯ) occurs in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tonkara? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,373,373rd most numerous last name globally, borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname Tonkara occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Tonkara live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 35 percent live in Chadic Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in Niger, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 1,599,335. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Dosso Region, where 83 percent are found, Niamey Capital District, where 8 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 8 percent are found. Other than Niger this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 24 percent are found and The United States, where 18 percent are found.

Tonkara Last Name Statistics demography

Tonkara earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tonkara Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tonkara in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻮﻧﻜﺎﺭﻯtwnkary25
ﺗﻮﻧﻜﺎﺭﺍtwnkara25
ﺗﻨﻜﺎﺭﺍtnkara25
ﺗﻮﻧﻜﺮﺍtwnkra25

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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 Tonkara
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