Tuame Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Tuame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Tuame (24) may also be a first name.
Tuame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tuame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tuame occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tuame? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,587,209th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Tuame reside; 92 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 92 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Tuame is also the 2,187,323rd most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 24 people.
Tuame is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Western Highlands, where 73 percent are found, East New Britain, where 9 percent are found and East Sepik, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuames | 91 | 97 | / |
| Tuamie | 91 | 33 | / |
| Tuameh | 91 | 7 | / |
| Tuam | 89 | 364 | / |
| Tuhaame | 83 | 2 | / |
| Touhame | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tuama | 80 | 691 | / |
| Thuam | 80 | 166 | / |
| Duame | 80 | 98 | / |
| Tuami | 80 | 58 | / |
| Tuaam | 80 | 4 | / |
| Tuamá | 80 | 1 | / |
| Twame | 80 | 1 | / |
| Touhamee | 77 | 4 | / |
| Tuhaimer | 77 | 3 | / |
| Thuammee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tuomey | 73 | 444 | / |
| Touham | 73 | 279 | / |
| Tuamis | 73 | 124 | / |
| Tuomie | 73 | 23 | / |
| Tuamay | 73 | 14 | / |
| Thuami | 73 | 13 | / |
| Duamei | 73 | 13 | / |
| Tuomes | 73 | 10 | / |
| Tuamma | 73 | 9 | / |
| Tua'am | 73 | 5 | / |
| Tuamiy | 73 | 4 | / |
| Tuamai | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tuamaa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Twaime | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tuaham | 73 | 1 | / |
| Duamie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Twameh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thuamê | 73 | 1 | / |
| Twamey | 73 | 0 | / |
| Touhami | 67 | 25,924 | / |
| Touhamy | 67 | 222 | / |
| Tuom | 67 | 85 | / |
| Duam | 67 | 62 | / |
| Twam | 67 | 45 | / |
| Thuamma | 67 | 42 | / |
| Thuammi | 67 | 20 | / |
| Thuamai | 67 | 7 | / |
| Tuhammy | 67 | 4 | / |
| Duhamie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Douhame | 67 | 2 | / |
| Duhamey | 67 | 2 | / |
| Duheame | 67 | 1 | / |
| Duhayme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuahama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Duhamei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Duhamer | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Tuame
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