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 is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tonteh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,689,253rd most widespread last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name Tonteh is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Tonteh reside; 75 percent reside in Central Africa and 75 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 532,540. In Cameroon Tonteh is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 51 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 46 percent reside and West Region, where 3 percent reside. Barring Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 12 percent reside and England, where 10 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 Tonteh
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