Tonton Surname

166,750th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,595 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Togo
Highest density in:
Marshall Islands

Tonton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tonton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Togo7351:9,8612,446
France6571:101,10014,853
DR Congo3081:239,86923,092
Haiti2171:49,2352,992
Morocco2041:169,00029,345
Philippines1161:872,74380,276
Benin671:154,26315,890
Nigeria561:3,163,26496,723
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Cameroon311:669,97049,334
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Liberia181:244,91915,115
India101:76,706,538639,611
Turkey101:7,782,142126,629
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Ivory Coast71:3,295,89046,139
Marshall Islands61:8,6371,214
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Chad41:3,398,0507,703
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
England21:27,859,030389,889
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Tonton (70,259) may also be a first name.

Tonton Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tonton Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Tonton is borne by more people in Togo than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tonton? popularity and diffusion

Tonton is the 166,750th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,808,303 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 56 percent of Tonton are found; 35 percent are found in West Africa and 33 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tonton is also the 13,818th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 70,259 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Togo, where it is held by 735 people, or 1 in 9,861. Other than Togo it occurs in 49 countries. It is also common in France, where 25 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside.

Tonton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tonton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Tonton last name expanded 173 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tonton Last Name Statistics demography

Tonton earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.93% less than the national average, earning $41,021 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Tonton
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