Tuj Surname

140,302nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,182 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Guatemala

Tuj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tuj Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,3451:131,7058,546
Guatemala1,3081:12,2961,232
Bangladesh3601:442,65811,259
Vietnam1591:582,6801,544
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tuj (309) may also be a first name.

Tuj Last Name Facts

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

Tuj (Hindi: तुज, Marathi: तुज, Oriya: ତୁଜ) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tuj? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 140,302nd most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,290,241 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 42 percent of Tuj reside; 42 percent reside in West Africa and 42 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tuj is also the 500,178th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 309 people.

The surname Tuj is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,345 people, or 1 in 131,705. In Nigeria Tuj is most frequent in: Borno, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Guatemala, where 41 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 11 percent reside.

Tuj Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Tuj surname is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tuji864,837/
Tuja862,990/
Tujo86147/
Tuje8679/
Touj8628/
Tauj869/
Tuoj868/
Tujt866/
Thuj864/
Tusj861/
Tuij861/
Tujá861/
Dtuj861/
Tujj861/
Tujs861/
Tuzj861/
Ttuj861/
Tu801,573,859/
Tj801,604/
Tujah75661/
Touij75349/
Tuijp75287/
Tujoh75242/
Touja75238/
Touji75234/
Tuijt7586/
Touje7569/
Ttuja7516/
Thuij7516/
Tujeh7515/
Thuji7510/
Tujii754/
Tujie753/
Toujo753/
Tujop752/
Tuojy751/
Tuhij751/
Thauj751/
Thuje751/
Thujy751/
Toudj751/
Tujee751/
Tujau751/
Tuddj751/
Teujs751/
Thu67340,821/
Taj67222,257/
Tut67192,811/
Tau6748,900/
Tuy6737,508/
Tuz6726,013/
Tou6720,463/
Tuc6719,205/
Toj6713,071/
Tui678,159/
Tux676,203/
Tej675,260/
Tuğ674,764/
Tue674,002/
Ttu673,645/
Htu673,564/
Teu672,429/
Tuç672,169/
Tud671,870/
Tus671,550/
Tuu67876/
Tje67751/
Toujas67571/
Tup67538/
Tuş67538/
Tuh67510/
Thj67268/
Thuijs67208/
Tuš67196/
Taujoo67101/
Tij6769/
Tjh6763/
Ttj6739/
Dtu6735/
Tuž6734/
Taujah6720/
Tuč6719/
Htauji6713/
Tjd6712/
Htj6711/
Tgu6711/
Dtj677/
Taujip676/
Tujaha676/
Tjz676/
Tjj675/
Thuije673/
Toujet673/
Thujod672/
Tausjø672/
Toujip671/
Thouja671/
Thujiy671/
T'U671/
Tujosh671/
Thouji671/
Tuß671/
Tuá671/
Tuÿ671/
Toujad671/
Toujàs671/
Thujoh671/
Toujes670/

Tuj Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tuj in the Oriya language
ତୁଜtuja-
Tuj in the Marathi language
तुजtuja-
Tuj in the Hindi language
तुजtuja77.78
तूजtuja22.22

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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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  • 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 Tuj
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