Tsuwa Surname

602,749th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 515 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Tsuwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tsuwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2421:731,99533,424
Japan1511:846,65118,575
DR Congo891:830,10857,152
Zimbabwe261:593,77845,605
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Tsuwa (1,033) may also be a first name.

Tsuwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tsuwa is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tsuwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tsuwa is the 602,749th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,150,575 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Tsuwa live; 47 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tsuwa is also the 249,584th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 1,033 people.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 242 people, or 1 in 731,995. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 70 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 18 percent are found and Bauchi, where 8 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Tsuwa exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 29 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Tsuwah917/
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Tsauwua8310/
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Tsuva8042/
Tsuwo801/
Tjuwa801/
Txuwa801/
Tshuwadt771/
Tchuwa733,748/
Tshuva731,180/
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Tshuba73156/
Tsouba7387/
Tsouwe7373/
Tseuwo7360/
Tsubai7342/
Tshiwa7340/
Tsauwe7328/
Tshuwi7324/
Tsueva7313/
Tshuwe738/
Tsusua733/
Tsoewa731/
Tsuwei731/
Tsouwo731/
Tsauva731/
Tsuhwe731/
Tsuvai731/
Tsuwey731/
Zuwa671,038/
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Tshauba6784/
Tshiway6762/
Tshihua6755/
Tshauwe6755/
Tchuiwa6751/
Tshihwa6741/
Tsouvas6729/
Cuwa6718/
Tsaubah675/
Tshouva672/
Tschuba672/
Tshubha671/
Tshiwua671/
Thsauba671/
Tshiewa671/
Tsouvai671/
Tshuwis671/
Tchauwa671/
Tshuswe671/
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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 Tsuwa
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