Toromo Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Toromo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Toromo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya691:669,27429,584
Lesotho141:145,18312,726
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
France21:33,211,361423,184
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Toromo (26) may also be a first name.

Toromo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Toromo occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Toromo? popularity and diffusion

Toromo is the 1,907,068th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. Toromo is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Toromo are found; 74 percent are found in East Africa and 63 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Toromo is also the 2,084,397th most numerous first name on earth, held by 26 people.

It is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 669,274. In Kenya it is most common in: Baringo County, where 83 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 6 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Kenya it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 15 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thoromo9239/
Toromoi922/
Toromot921/
Toroma83102/
Torumo8375/
Teromo8355/
Toramo8353/
Taromo8341/
Toremo8321/
Thoroma7749/
Torhamo7717/
Tooramo7711/
Tooroma777/
Torgoma771/
Tohremo771/
Tarosmo771/
Thoramo771/
Thoramot714/
Tourouma712/
Touramou711/
Taroma671,945/
Teramo67762/
Turoma6756/
Torema6750/
Tarumo6726/
Toruma6719/
Torama6718/
Taramo6717/
Teremo6714/
Turamo673/
Taremo673/
Teroma673/
Turumo672/
Téramo672/
Töremo671/
Tèramo671/

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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 Toromo
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