Tosu Surname
Approximately 2,004 people bear this surname
Tosu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 827 | 1:214,199 | 12,727 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Japan | 372 | 1:343,667 | 11,875 |
| Romania | 184 | 1:109,119 | 12,269 |
| Turkey | 39 | 1:1,995,421 | 69,208 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
The alternate forms: Toşu (38) are calculated separately.
Tosu (932) may also be a first name.
Tosu Demographics
Tosu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Tosu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tosu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tosu (Hindi: टोसू, Marathi: तोसु, Russian: Тосу) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms: Toşu. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tosu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 206,734th most prevalent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,636,500 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 66 percent of Tosu reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tosu is also the 264,900th most widely held forename globally. It is borne by 932 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 827 people, or 1 in 214,199. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 37 percent reside, Lagos, where 35 percent reside and Kaduna, where 11 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 22 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 24 percent reside and Japan, where 19 percent reside.
Tosu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Tosu surname is primarily Christian (91%) in Nigeria.
Tosu earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.39% more than the national average, earning $44,611 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tosu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tosu in the Marathi language | ||
| तोसु | tosu | - |
| Tosu in the Hindi language | ||
| टोसू | tosu | 80 |
| तोसू | tosu | 20 |
| Tosu in the Russian language | ||
| Тосу | tosu | - |
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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 Tosu
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