Tountou Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Tountou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tountou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin201:516,78033,864
Niger201:959,60121,357
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tountou (354) may also be a first name.

Tountou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tountou is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Tountou.

How Common Is The Last Name Tountou? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,055,934th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname Tountou occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Tountou live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 463,079th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 354 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 516,780. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Plateau Department, where 40 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 30 percent live and Mono Department, where 25 percent live. Beside Benin this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 49 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tontou9223/
Tounto922/
Toumtou862/
Tounteu861/
Tonto831,737/
Tontu83501/
Tuntu83385/
Tunto8320/
Tounta77821/
Tontuş77425/
Tontoh77327/
Thonto77211/
Tantou77103/
Tontau7795/
Tontos7755/
Thunto7747/
Tontoi7742/
Tuntut7737/
Tauntu7726/
Tuntui7713/
Tontoy7711/
Tontoa7711/
Tontus779/
Tuento778/
Tontoe777/
Tuinto774/
Tuntuy774/
Tuuntu774/
Tuntop773/
Thuntu773/
Tuntup772/
Tointo772/
Tuntud772/
Tuntuu772/
Tuntoy771/
Thontu771/
Ttuntu771/
Tuntux771/
Tonteu771/
Tuntos771/
Tontto771/
Tontui771/
Toumto771/
Tountas711,506/
Tonthop7168/
Tuyanto7165/
Tientou7156/
Tonthoi7119/
Thontue7113/
Tohntoh7111/
Tojanto719/
Tontoye718/
Tonthot714/
Tontooe714/
Tohntuh713/
Ttontos713/
Toyanto713/
Toumteu712/
Towento712/
Tontoya712/
Tejontu711/
Thontoy711/
Tyionto711/
Thontoa711/
Tujanto711/
Tocinto711/
Touenta711/
Tontiyo711/
Teunteu711/
Tanto676,866/
Tantoush675,553/
Tonta674,616/
Tantu673,676/
Tunta67266/
Tuhyanto6713/
Toojanto674/
Thountee672/
Tomto671/
Tantouch671/
Thauntup671/
Tontò671/
Tuntó671/
Thuinteu671/

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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 Tountou
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