Tounka Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Tounka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 37 | 1:279,341 | 23,629 |
| Niger | 37 | 1:518,703 | 13,483 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
Tounka (22) may also be a first name.
Tounka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tounka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tounka is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Tounka.
How Common Is The Last Name Tounka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,121,169th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tounka reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tounka is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 22 people.
It is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 279,341. In Benin Tounka is most numerous in: Atakora Department, where 97 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Benin this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 47 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Tounka
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