Tonteh Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Tonteh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 39 | 1:532,540 | 42,124 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Tonteh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tonteh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tonteh has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Tonteh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tonteh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,689,253rd most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Tonteh reside; 75 percent reside in Central Africa and 75 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 532,540. In Cameroon Tonteh is most common in: Northwest Region, where 51 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 46 percent are found and West Region, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon Tonteh exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 12 percent are found and England, where 10 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 Tonteh
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