Toungou Surname
Approximately 906 people bear this surname
Toungou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 379 | 1:27,271 | 3,624 |
| Congo | 225 | 1:22,174 | 2,498 |
| Cameroon | 174 | 1:119,362 | 13,671 |
| Niger | 70 | 1:274,172 | 8,473 |
| Papua New Guinea | 53 | 1:153,844 | 21,244 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Toungou (640) may also be a first name.
Toungou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Toungou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Toungou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻧﻜﻮ) is found most frequently in Benin. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Toungou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 390,762nd most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 8,043,649 people. The last name Toungou is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Toungou live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Toungou is also the 328,833rd most prevalent given name globally It is held by 640 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 379 people, or 1 in 27,271. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Alibori Department, where 79 percent live, Borgou Department, where 15 percent live and Atakora Department, where 3 percent live. Other than Benin this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 25 percent live and Cameroon, where 19 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Toungou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Toungou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺎﻧﻜﻮ | tankw | - |
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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 Toungou
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