Tounkam Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Tounkam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 89 | 1:233,360 | 23,225 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tounkam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tounkam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tounkam is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Tounkam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tounkam? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,955,159th most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tounkam are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 233,360. In Cameroon Tounkam is most common in: Centre Region, where 36 percent are found, West Region, where 33 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 28 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Senegal, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 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 Tounkam
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