Toughe Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Toughe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Toughe (90) may also be a first name.
Toughe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Toughe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Toughe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﻕ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Toughe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Toughe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Toughe are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,005,046th most frequently held forename worldwide. It is borne by 90 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 454,985. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent live. Other than Mauritania Toughe occurs in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Toughe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Toughe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻮﻕ | twq | 75 |
| ﺗﻮﻗﻪ | twqh | 25 |
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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 Toughe
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