Tonui Surname
Approximately 21,584 people bear this surname
Tonui Surname User-submission:
Tonui is a Kalenjin traditional name, this name is given by your father when you have undergone initiation. For example when a father was call Kiptonui before being initiated, the children will take part of his name, Tonui.
Tonui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 21,537 | 1:2,144 | 330 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Tonui (1,686) may also be a first name.
Tonui Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Tonui is a Kalenjin traditional name, this name is given by your father when you have undergone initiation. For example when a father was call Kiptonui before being initiated, the children will take part of his name, Tonui.
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Tonui Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Tonui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tonui Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tonui is most common in Kenya. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tonui? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 24,992nd most frequently held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 337,636 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tonui are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Tonui is also the 187,384th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 1,686 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 21,537 people, or 1 in 2,144. In Kenya Tonui is mostly found in: Bomet County, where 38 percent reside, Kericho County, where 36 percent reside and Narok County, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Qatar, where 0 percent reside.
Tonui Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Tonui last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Tonui earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.58% less than the national average, earning $32,542 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
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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
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