Tobuwa Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tobuwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tobuwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Tobuwa Last Name Facts

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

Tobuwa has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tobuwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,117,718th most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 86 percent of Tobuwa are found; 86 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 86 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Tobuwa is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea Tobuwa is most prevalent in: Milne Bay, where 100 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tobouwa9285/
Tubuwa835/
Tabuwa833/
Tobuva832/
Tebuwa831/
Tobuba831/
Tubuhwa7734/
Tabouwa7723/
Tebuway774/
Tebuwah771/
Tebujwa771/
Tobouwo771/
Tobouba771/
Tabushwa7133/
Tubuhway7112/
Touvouwa712/
Tubuwaih711/
Tabuwe6725/
Tabuba6724/
Tobube6711/
Tubuhwaih678/
Tobowe672/
Tabuwi672/
Toubouwou671/
Tabuwy671/
Tabuwo671/

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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 Tobuwa
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