Tosou Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Tosou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 16 | 1:692,487 | 77,522 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
Tosou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tosou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tosou has its highest incidence in Greece. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Tosou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tosou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tosou is the 2,776,799th most commonly held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname Tosou is mostly found in Europe, where 35 percent of Tosou live; 35 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 35 percent live in Helleno-Europe.
It is most widespread in Greece, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 692,487. In Greece it is most frequent in: Attica, where 94 percent are found and Peloponnese, where 6 percent are found. Beside Greece Tosou occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 24 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent are found.
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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 Tosou
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