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Around the globe, Tomu (Tomu , トム , تومو ) is quite a rare epicene forename. The first name Tomu is habitual in Tanzania, where it is a rare male name, Japan, where it is a very rare boy's name, and Nigeria, where it is a very rare dominantly masculine, but seldom feminine name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in India, Indonesia, and Nigeria. Also, Tomu is the last name as well as the forename.
Tomu is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Lord Voldemort , the main antagonist of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; Tom Sawyer , the title character of the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Tom Thumb , the character in literature, The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina; Tom Paris , the fictional character from Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Starship Creator and Tom Strong , the fictional character, Promethea, and in many other works.