Tukuma Surname

1,025,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Latvia

Tukuma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tukuma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1551:349,53432,108
Nigeria381:4,661,652124,734
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Latvia121:170,83720,647
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182

Tukuma (46) may also be a first name.

Tukuma Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tukuma occurs most in South Africa. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tukuma? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tukuma is the 1,025,894th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Tukuma live; 63 percent live in Southern Africa and 63 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Tukuma is also the 1,484,914th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 46 people.

The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 155 people, or 1 in 349,534. In South Africa Tukuma is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 50 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 26 percent reside and Gauteng, where 16 percent reside. Not including South Africa it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 15 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 9 percent reside.

Tukuma Last Name Statistics demography

Tukuma earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.06% less than the national average, earning R 94,920 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tukumau926/
Tukumat921/
Toukouma8622/
Tokuma831,308/
Tikuma8341/
Tucuma8327/
Tukume8318/
Tukumi8313/
Tukoma835/
Tukumo833/
Tukima831/
Tikumah77489/
Ttikuma7790/
Tukimah7786/
Tikkuma776/
Tuekima775/
Toukoma773/
Tokuyma771/
Tukumou771/
Thikuma771/
Tukumoh771/
Tookuma771/
Tokouma771/
Tukuume771/
Tuikumo771/
Tokumma771/
Ttikkuma71285/
Toukomaa7121/
Tiekouma712/
Toukoumi712/
Teukeume711/
Tukummee711/
Tokoma67714/
Tokumi67317/
Tokumo6760/
Tukimo6731/
Tokume6717/
Tikima6713/
Tukome676/
Tukhummee671/
Toukoumou671/
Ttikkumaa671/
Tikumo671/

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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 Tukuma
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