Tounon Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Tounon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 92 | 1:112,344 | 12,545 |
| Ivory Coast | 45 | 1:512,694 | 16,131 |
Tounon (420) may also be a first name.
Tounon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tounon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tounon is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tounon? popularity and diffusion
Tounon is the 1,518,885th most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. The surname Tounon occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Tounon reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tounon is also the 419,319th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, held by 420 people.
The surname Tounon is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 112,344. In Benin Tounon is most common in: Mono Department, where 65 percent are found, Zou Department, where 20 percent are found and Collines Department, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Benin this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 33 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 Tounon
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