Tounkara Surname

4,377th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128,654 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mali
Highest density in:
Mali

Tounkara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tounkara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mali76,2801:22242
Guinea40,5301:29247
Senegal7,6311:1,911173
Niger9301:20,6371,286
Ivory Coast8211:28,1011,953
Spain5031:92,9467,757
Mauritania4881:8,391899
Gabon2531:7,4671,394
Burkina Faso2401:76,4672,786
Morocco2041:169,00029,345
France2001:332,11450,174
United States1661:2,183,488137,532
Djibouti1001:9,149584
Congo691:72,3066,384
Canada641:575,71247,839
Belgium351:328,47637,084
Liberia211:209,93013,691
Benin171:607,97736,930
England151:3,714,537119,675
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Equatorial Guinea41:283,918487
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Cape Verde21:264,8215,214
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Monaco11:37,0664,748

Tounkara (508) may also be a first name.

Tounkara Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tounkara Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tounkara (Arabic: تونكارا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﻧﻜﺎﺭﺍ) is found most frequently in Mali. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tounkara? popularity and diffusion

Tounkara is the 4,377th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 56,645 people. Tounkara is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tounkara live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 375,473rd most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 508 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Mali, where it is carried by 76,280 people, or 1 in 222. Outside of Mali it occurs in 50 countries. It also occurs in Guinea, where 32 percent reside and Senegal, where 6 percent reside.

Tounkara Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tounkara surname are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 71.43% registered with the political party.

The amount Tounkara earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 31.51% less than the national average, earning $29,553 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.64% less than the national average, earning $46,879 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tounkara Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tounkara in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻮﻧﻜﺎﺭﺍtwnkara59.46
ﺗﻮﻧﻜﺮﺍtwnkra18.02
ﺗﻨﻜﺮﺍtnkra5.41
ﺗﻨﻜﺎﺭﺍtnkara4.5
ﺗﻨﻜﺮﻩtnkrh3.6
ﺗﻮﻧﻜﺎﺭtwnkar2.7
ﺗﻮﻧﻜﺮﻯtwnkry1.8
ﺗﻮﻧﻜﺎﺭﻱtwnkary1.8
ﺗﻨﻜﺎﺭﻯtnkary0.9
ﺗﻮﻧﻜﺮﺍﻩtwnkrah0.9
ﺗﻮﻧﻜﺎﺭﻯtwnkary0.9
Tounkara in the Arabic language
تونكاراtwnkara-

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