Tonkeu Surname
Approximately 307 people bear this surname
Tonkeu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 301 | 1:69,000 | 8,680 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Tonkeu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tonkeu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tonkeu occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tonkeu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tonkeu is the 878,878th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,737,935 people. The last name Tonkeu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Tonkeu are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 301 people, or 1 in 69,000. In Cameroon Tonkeu is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 42 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 36 percent are found and West Region, where 21 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Tonkeu
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