Tinuga Surname
Approximately 414 people bear this surname
Tinuga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 398 | 1:133,019 | 12,405 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Tinuga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tinuga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tinuga is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Tinuga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tinuga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 708,658th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 17,602,768 people. Tinuga is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tinuga live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 398 people, or 1 in 133,019. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Kagera Region, where 94 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent are found and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 3 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tinunga | 92 | 73 | / |
| Tinunnga | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tiniga | 83 | 29 | / |
| Tenuga | 83 | 21 | / |
| Tinoga | 83 | 10 | / |
| Tinuge | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tunuga | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tinhougoa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tenunga | 77 | 109 | / |
| Tenouga | 77 | 66 | / |
| Tinogha | 77 | 9 | / |
| Tinigga | 77 | 7 | / |
| Thenuga | 77 | 5 | / |
| Tenugha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tinigai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tuiniga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tienougo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Tinigo | 67 | 244 | / |
| Tuniga | 67 | 92 | / |
| Tinogo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Tenuge | 67 | 8 | / |
| Teniga | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tinoungou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tenhaunga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tienogo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tienigo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tiniego | 62 | 1 | / |
| Teeniga | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tunigha | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tenugui | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tenougui | 57 | 3 | / |
| Tenougou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Tegnougui | 53 | 136 | / |
| Tenogo | 50 | 2 | / |
| Tynogo | 50 | 1 | / |
| Thieniegou | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Tinuga
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