Tovun Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Tovun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Tovun (11) may also be a first name.
Tovun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tovun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tovun is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tovun? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tovun is the 4,206,983rd most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Tovun live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tovun is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 11 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 90 percent are found and Lagos, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Tovun occurs in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tovuun | 91 | 45 | / |
| Tovune | 91 | 2 | / |
| Tovung | 91 | 1 | / |
| Tobun | 80 | 765 | / |
| Tavun | 80 | 14 | / |
| Tevun | 80 | 4 | / |
| Towun | 80 | 3 | / |
| Taboun | 73 | 363 | / |
| Toubon | 73 | 177 | / |
| Tobung | 73 | 165 | / |
| Tavune | 73 | 126 | / |
| Tobuin | 73 | 98 | / |
| Touwon | 73 | 50 | / |
| Tawoun | 73 | 17 | / |
| Towune | 73 | 15 | / |
| Thobun | 73 | 15 | / |
| Towoun | 73 | 11 | / |
| Tonpun | 73 | 3 | / |
| Thowun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tavung | 73 | 1 | / |
| Towuin | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tewoun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Toobun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tobeun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taboune | 67 | 71 | / |
| Thouvum | 67 | 29 | / |
| Thaboun | 67 | 23 | / |
| Tahboun | 67 | 22 | / |
| Tomphun | 67 | 11 | / |
| Thavung | 67 | 9 | / |
| Thoubon | 67 | 9 | / |
| Toonpun | 67 | 8 | / |
| Tabount | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tonphun | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tampoun | 67 | 2 | / |
| Thavune | 67 | 2 | / |
| Thompun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Touboon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toompun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tanpoun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tatvaun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Touwune | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thobunt | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Tovun
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