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 held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tourma? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,360,413th most common last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Tourma live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The surname Tourma is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 4,153,814. In Cameroon Tourma is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 60 percent are found, East Region, where 20 percent are found and North Region, where 20 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 22 percent are found and Morocco, where 11 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 Tourma
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