Tunou Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Tunou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Tunou (19) may also be a first name.
Tunou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tunou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tunou is found most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tunou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,391,485th most common family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Tunou are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tunou is also the 2,523,061st most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 19 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Sokoto, where 42 percent reside, Ogun, where 25 percent reside and Kogi, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Tunou
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