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

Tsuwa is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tsuwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Tsuwa? popularity and diffusion

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

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 242 people, or 1 in 731,995. In Nigeria Tsuwa is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 70 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 18 percent reside and Bauchi, where 8 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 29 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Tseuwa9140/
Tsuwah917/
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Tsohuwa8319/
Tsauwua8310/
Tsuba801,007/
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Tsuwe80106/
Tsuva8042/
Tsuwo801/
Tjuwa801/
Txuwa801/
Tshuwadt771/
Tchuwa733,748/
Tshuva731,180/
Tsiwah73349/
Tshuba73156/
Tsouba7387/
Tsouwe7373/
Tseuwo7360/
Tsubai7342/
Tshiwa7340/
Tsauwe7328/
Tshuwi7324/
Tsueva7313/
Tshuwe738/
Tsusua733/
Tsoewa731/
Tsuwei731/
Tsouwo731/
Tsauva731/
Tsuhwe731/
Tsuvai731/
Tsuwey731/
Zuwa671,038/
Tchouwa67834/
Tcheuwa67296/
Tshauba6784/
Tshiway6762/
Tshihua6755/
Tshauwe6755/
Tchuiwa6751/
Tshihwa6741/
Tsouvas6729/
Cuwa6718/
Tsaubah675/
Tshouva672/
Tschuba672/
Tshubha671/
Tshiwua671/
Thsauba671/
Tshiewa671/
Tsouvai671/
Tshuwis671/
Tchauwa671/
Tshuswe671/
Tsuihua670/

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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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