Toumou Surname
Approximately 228 people bear this surname
Toumou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 83 | 1:250,230 | 24,514 |
| Ivory Coast | 64 | 1:360,488 | 12,777 |
| Niger | 51 | 1:376,314 | 10,650 |
| Benin | 17 | 1:607,977 | 36,930 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Toumou (155) may also be a first name.
Toumou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Toumou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Toumou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﻣﻮ) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Toumou? popularity and diffusion
Toumou is the 1,082,743rd most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,962,921 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Toumou live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 35 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 738,219th most commonly held given name internationally, held by 155 people.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 250,230. In Cameroon Toumou is most common in: Littoral Region, where 36 percent are found, Centre Region, where 23 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 16 percent are found. Beside Cameroon Toumou occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 28 percent are found and Niger, where 22 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Toumou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Toumou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻮﻣﻮ | twmw | - |
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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 Toumou
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