Tinuga Surname

708,658th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 414 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Tinuga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tinuga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3981:133,01912,405
Uganda111:3,549,02589,142
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Tinuga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tinuga is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tinuga? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tinuga is the 708,658th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,602,768 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tinuga reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 398 people, or 1 in 133,019. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Kagera Region, where 94 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 3 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tinunga9273/
Tinunnga861/
Tiniga8329/
Tenuga8321/
Tinoga8310/
Tinuge832/
Tunuga831/
Tinhougoa801/
Tenunga77109/
Tenouga7766/
Tinogha779/
Tinigga777/
Thenuga775/
Tenugha771/
Tinigai771/
Tuiniga771/
Tienougo713/
Tinigo67244/
Tuniga6792/
Tinogo679/
Tenuge678/
Teniga672/
Tinoungou671/
Tenhaunga671/
Tienogo621/
Tienigo621/
Tiniego621/
Teeniga621/
Tunigha621/
Tenugui621/
Tenougui573/
Tenougou571/
Tegnougui53136/
Tenogo502/
Tynogo501/
Thieniegou501/

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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 Tinuga
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