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
Tougan (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﻛﺎﻥ) is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. 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 frequently used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 3,081,415 people. This last name 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 occurring given name in the world, held by 31 people.
The surname Tougan is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 1,815 people, or 1 in 5,695. In Benin it is most common in: Zou Department, where 61 percent live, Collines Department, where 32 percent live and Littoral Department, where 3 percent live. Outside of Benin this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 18 percent live and The Philippines, where 3 percent live.
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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