Toume Surname
Approximately 273 people bear this surname
Toume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 165 | 1:125,873 | 14,288 |
| Niger | 53 | 1:362,114 | 10,354 |
| Benin | 32 | 1:322,988 | 25,835 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Toumé (2) are calculated separately.
Toume (54) may also be a first name.
Toume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Toume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Toume (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﻣﻰ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Toumé. Click here to see other potential spellings of Toume.
How Common Is The Last Name Toume? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 956,400th most frequently held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. Toume is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Toume live; 59 percent live in Central Africa and 58 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Toume is also the 1,350,955th most widespread forename worldwide. It is borne by 54 people.
The last name Toume is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 165 people, or 1 in 125,873. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 79 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 12 percent reside and South Region, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 19 percent reside and Benin, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Toume Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Toume in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻮﻣﻰ | twmy | - |
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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 Toume
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