Tombua Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Tombua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Tombua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tombua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tombua is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Tombua.
How Common Is The Last Name Tombua? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,587,209th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Tombua are found; 42 percent are found in West Africa and 42 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 80 percent live and Lagos, where 20 percent live. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 33 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tombwua | 92 | 11 | / |
| Tembua | 83 | 1,152 | / |
| Tambua | 83 | 1,037 | / |
| Tombwa | 83 | 206 | / |
| Tumbua | 83 | 75 | / |
| Tombuo | 83 | 28 | / |
| Tonbua | 83 | 8 | / |
| Témbua | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tambuay | 77 | 3 | / |
| Taembua | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tambuha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thumbua | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tombuoh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tuombuo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tumbuhas | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tambuayi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tembhuea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tembwa | 67 | 716 | / |
| Tambwa | 67 | 553 | / |
| Tunbua | 67 | 81 | / |
| Tanbua | 67 | 35 | / |
| Tambuo | 67 | 25 | / |
| Tumbwa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Tumpua | 67 | 9 | / |
| Tampua | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tambba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tombwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tompwa | 67 | 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 Tombua
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