Tossala Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tossala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tossala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon151:1,384,60580,726
Chad41:3,398,0507,703

Tossala (23) may also be a first name.

Tossala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tossala occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Tossala click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tossala? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tossala is the 4,532,898th most commonly held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. Tossala occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tossala are found; 74 percent are found in Central Africa and 68 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Tossala is also the 2,239,265th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 23 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,384,605. In Cameroon Tossala is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 87 percent live, Centre Region, where 7 percent live and North Region, where 7 percent live. Beside Cameroon it exists in one country. It also occurs in Chad, where 21 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
  • 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 Tossala
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