Tuamu Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

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

Tuamu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tuamu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Tuamu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tuamu is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tuamu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,307,654th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 76 percent of Tuamu are found; 76 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 76 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

Tuamu is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea Tuamu is most numerous in: Central, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea Tuamu occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 14 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tuammu916/
Thuammu8313/
Twamu804/
Tuomu802/
Duamu802/
Touhomou621/
Duomu6032/
Dwamu6024/
Touhoumou572/
Twamoe554/
Twomui551/
Touhoumout533/

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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 Tuamu
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