Tougay Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Tougay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 13 | 1:314,989 | 13,616 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Tougay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tougay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tougay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﻛﺎﻱ, Tibetan: སྟའུ་རྒྱས་) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tougay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most widespread last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Tougay live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 314,989. In Mauritania it is most common in: Guidimagha Region, where 92 percent live and Hodh Chargui Region, where 8 percent live. Apart from Mauritania it is found in one country. It is also found in Russia, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tougay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tougay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻮﻛﺎﻱ | twkay | 66.67 |
| ﺗﻜﻲ | tky | 33.33 |
| Tougay in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྟའུ་རྒྱས་ | ta'ugyé | 33.33 |
| ལྟའུ་རྒྱས། | ta'ugyé | 33.33 |
| ཏའུ་རྒྱས། | ta'ugyé | 33.33 |
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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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- 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 Tougay
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