Tinchwa Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Tinchwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Tinchwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1651:320,85824,292
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Tinchwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tinchwa occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tinchwa? popularity and diffusion

Tinchwa is the 1,343,156th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname Tinchwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tinchwa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Tinchwa is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 165 people, or 1 in 320,858. In Tanzania Tinchwa is primarily concentrated in: Kagera Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tincwa922/
Tnshwa771/
Thinchuay754/
Tinchui712/
Timchua711/
Thinjwa711/
Tinjwah711/
Tinchue711/
Tienchui671/
Tienchue671/
Thunchuea6366/
Thunchuay631/
Thimchuea631/
Timswad571/
Temnchuo5311/
Thnsuhaj531/
Tenchvez531/
Teamchuay501/
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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 Tinchwa
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