Tougan Surname
Approximately 2,365 people bear this surname
Tougan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,815 | 1:5,695 | 751 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Philippines | 72 | 1:1,406,086 | 101,646 |
| Ivory Coast | 45 | 1:512,694 | 16,131 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Tougan (31) may also be a first name.
Tougan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tougan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tougan (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﻛﺎﻥ) is most common in Benin. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tougan? popularity and diffusion
Tougan is the 180,255th most commonly used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 3,081,415 people. The last name Tougan occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Tougan reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 31 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 1,815 people, or 1 in 5,695. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Zou Department, where 61 percent reside, Collines Department, where 32 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 3 percent reside. Beside Benin Tougan is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 18 percent reside and The Philippines, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tougan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tougan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻮﻛﺎﻥ | twkan | - |
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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 Tougan
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