Tantuwa Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Tantuwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tantuwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Tantuwa (10) may also be a first name.

Tantuwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tantuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tantuwa is most common in Indonesia. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tantuwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tantuwa is the 5,391,485th most common family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 92 percent of Tantuwa reside; 69 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 62 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tantuwa is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 10 people.

It is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 22,041,532. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Gorontalo, where 100 percent live. Beside Indonesia it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 23 percent live and The Philippines, where 23 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tantuway9372/
Tantuwai9336/
Tantuwas931/
Tantuwaya8846/
Tantuva86449/
Tantuba8649/
Tantiwa8644/
Tantubay8014,953/
Tantubai808,782/
Tantuvai80844/
Tantuvay80205/
Tantowai8024/
Tanthiwa804/
Tantuvad801/
Tantuvah801/
Tantouba801/
Tantubhai75260/
Tantuvaya7536/
Tantuubay758/
Tantuubai754/
Tantaubai753/
Tantuibai752/
Tantubaay751/
Tantubhay751/
Tantowi712,825/
Tantubi7138/
Tantuby7137/
Tantiva712/
Tantuvi711/
Tanthowi67104/
Tontubai6780/
Tantubuy6759/
Tantowie6747/
Tantuboy6745/
Tantieva6716/
Tontowai6715/
Tontubay6714/
Tantowou6711/
Tantoubo678/
Tantuvoy673/
Tantubui671/
Tantubhi671/
Tantubei671/
Tantuboi671/
Tantubuoy631/
Tontowi57266/
Tontubi571/
Tontoeva53110/
Tontuboi531/

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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
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  • 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 Tantuwa
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