Tonkuru Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Tonkuru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 19 | 1:106,977 | 11,319 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
Tonkuru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tonkuru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tonkuru is found most in Lesotho. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tonkuru? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tonkuru is the 3,432,070th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tonkuru are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 106,977. In Lesotho it is mostly found in: Berea District, where 53 percent are found, Maseru District, where 26 percent are found and Mohale's Hoek District, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Lesotho this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 42 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 Tonkuru
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