Tougueye Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Tougueye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Tougueye (198) may also be a first name.
Tougueye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tougueye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tougueye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﻛﻲ) is most common in Mauritania. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tougueye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tougueye reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Tougueye is also the 644,447th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 198 people.
The surname Tougueye is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 1,364,954. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Guidimagha Region, where 33 percent are found, Hodh Chargui Region, where 33 percent are found and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 33 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania it occurs in one country. It is also found in Ghana, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tougueye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tougueye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻮﻛﻲ | twky | 71.15 |
| ﺗﻮﻛﻴﻰ | twkyy | 5.77 |
| ﺗﻮﻛﻴﻪ | twkyh | 5.77 |
| ﺗﻮﻗﻲ | twqy | 3.85 |
| ﺗﻮﻗﻰ | twqy | 3.85 |
| ﺗﻮﻛﻰ | twky | 3.85 |
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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 Tougueye
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