Tonou Surname
Approximately 4,448 people bear this surname
Tonou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,330 | 1:4,436 | 582 |
| Togo | 1,890 | 1:3,835 | 622 |
| Cameroon | 169 | 1:122,894 | 14,008 |
| Ivory Coast | 21 | 1:1,098,630 | 25,989 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tonou (87) may also be a first name.
Tonou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tonou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tonou occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tonou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 105,288th most common last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,638,387 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tonou reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tonou is also the 1,024,927th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 87 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 2,330 people, or 1 in 4,436. In Benin Tonou is most common in: Zou Department, where 53 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 16 percent are found and Mono Department, where 12 percent are found. Besides Benin this last name occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 42 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 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 Tonou
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