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) occurs most in Benin. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Toungou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Toungou is the 390,762nd most frequently used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 8,043,649 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Toungou reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 42 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 328,833rd most prevalent first name globally, held by 640 people.
Toungou is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 379 people, or 1 in 27,271. In Benin it is mostly found in: Alibori Department, where 79 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 15 percent are found and Atakora Department, where 3 percent are found. Besides Benin Toungou exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 25 percent are found and Cameroon, where 19 percent are found.
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
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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 Toungou
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