Tounfa Surname
Approximately 192 people bear this surname
Tounfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 189 | 1:97,101 | 3,099 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
Tounfa (310) may also be a first name.
Tounfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tounfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tounfa is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tounfa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,218,745th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 37,955,968 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tounfa are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 499,178th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 310 people.
The surname Tounfa is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 189 people, or 1 in 97,101. In Burkina Faso it is most frequent in: Sahel Region, where 78 percent reside and Sud-Ouest Region, where 22 percent reside. Other than Burkina Faso it occurs in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tonfa | 91 | 134 | / |
| Tounfo | 83 | 9 | / |
| Tonfat | 83 | 9 | / |
| Tounfi | 83 | 4 | / |
| Tunfah | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tonfay | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tounfou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Thonfai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tonvfai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tonfo | 73 | 180 | / |
| Tanfa | 73 | 118 | / |
| Tonfi | 73 | 39 | / |
| Tonfe | 73 | 23 | / |
| Tumfa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Tomfa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tunfe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Thonvfai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tonfeu | 67 | 48 | / |
| Tonfee | 67 | 8 | / |
| Tunfoo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Thonfe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tomfai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tanfay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tanfah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tonfio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tomfas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tonfit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tienfa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tunfer | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Tounfa
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