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 most in Cameroon. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tonkeu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tonkeu is the 878,878th most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 23,737,935 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Tonkeu live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 301 people, or 1 in 69,000. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 42 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 36 percent reside and West Region, where 21 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 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 Tonkeu
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