Tontono Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tontono Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tontono Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Tontono (23) may also be a first name.

Tontono Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tontono occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tontono? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,116,508th most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 74 percent of Tontono are found; 74 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 74 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 23 people.

This last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 22 percent live and Niger, where 4 percent live.

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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 Tontono
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