Tossom Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Tossom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Tossom (28) may also be a first name.
Tossom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tossom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tossom occurs most in Cameroon. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tossom? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tossom live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly used first name globally, held by 28 people.
The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Tossom is most prevalent in: North Region, where 75 percent are found and Far North Region, where 25 percent are found. Beside Cameroon Tossom occurs in one country. It also occurs in Chad, where 20 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 Tossom
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