Tonnou Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Tonnou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 94 | 1:109,953 | 12,317 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Tonnou (29) may also be a first name.
Tonnou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tonnou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tonnou is found most in Benin. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Tonnou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tonnou? popularity and diffusion
Tonnou is the 1,806,862nd most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tonnou reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 29 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 109,953. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Donga Department, where 30 percent reside, Kouffo Department, where 22 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Benin Tonnou occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 9 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 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 Tonnou
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