Tonkwe Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Tonkwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Tonkwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tonkwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tonkwe is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tonkwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,391,485th most commonly used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Tonkwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tonkwe live; 85 percent live in Central Africa and 85 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Tonkwe is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 1,888,097. In Cameroon Tonkwe is primarily concentrated in: West Region, where 82 percent reside, East Region, where 9 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 9 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 15 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 Tonkwe
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