Tourma Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Tourma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tourma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tourma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tourma is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tourma? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Tourma live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Chadic Africa.
It is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 4,153,814. In Cameroon Tourma is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 60 percent live, East Region, where 20 percent live and North Region, where 20 percent live. Barring Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 22 percent live and Morocco, where 11 percent live.
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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 Tourma
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