Tugum Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Tugum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Tugum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tugum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tugum occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tugum? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tugum is the 5,057,639th most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 60 percent of Tugum are found; 60 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 60 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
Tugum is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea Tugum is primarily found in: East Sepik, where 78 percent live and National Capital District, where 11 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent live and Malaysia, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tugume | 91 | 40,966 | / |
| Tungum | 91 | 3 | / |
| Tughum | 91 | 1 | / |
| Taugume | 83 | 13 | / |
| Teugoum | 83 | 12 | / |
| Tougoum | 83 | 9 | / |
| Tuggume | 83 | 5 | / |
| Tuguume | 83 | 4 | / |
| Tugumme | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tuigoum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tuugume | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tugom | 80 | 139 | / |
| Tugun | 80 | 73 | / |
| Togum | 80 | 7 | / |
| Tigum | 80 | 3 | / |
| Tugumova | 77 | 89 | / |
| Toungoum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tuygun | 73 | 1,634 | / |
| Tungun | 73 | 71 | / |
| Tugung | 73 | 70 | / |
| Tuğgüm | 73 | 37 | / |
| Togoum | 73 | 23 | / |
| Tughun | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tougom | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tuggun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tuigun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tigaum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tiegum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tiegoum | 67 | 394 | / |
| Tougoun | 67 | 11 | / |
| Taugung | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tughung | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tunggun | 67 | 3 | / |
| Thugunn | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tougoumova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tuggung | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teungun | 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
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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 Tugum
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