Tonkare Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Tonkare Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Tonkare Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tonkare Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tonkare (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﻧﻜﺎﺭﺍ, Marathi: कारे) occurs most in Niger. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tonkare? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tonkare is the 7,117,718th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Tonkare reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 3,838,403. In Niger it is most numerous in: Tillabéri Region, where 100 percent live. Barring Niger Tonkare is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 14 percent live and Mauritania, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tonkare Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tonkare in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻮﻧﻜﺎﺭﺍ | twnkara | - |
| Tonkare in the Marathi language | ||
| कारे | kare | - |
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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 Tonkare
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