Tounko Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Tounko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 25 | 1:767,681 | 17,983 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Tounko (1,791) may also be a first name.
Tounko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tounko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tounko (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﻧﻜﻮ) occurs more in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tounko? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,665,662nd most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tounko are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Tounko is also the 180,706th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 1,791 people.
The surname Tounko is most frequent in Niger, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 767,681. In Niger Tounko is mostly concentrated in: Dosso Region, where 96 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 4 percent reside. Beside Niger this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 7 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tounko Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tounko in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻮﻧﻜﻮ | twnkw | - |
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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 Tounko
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