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 last name Tukuma is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tukuma? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,025,894th most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. The last name Tukuma is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Tukuma reside; 63 percent reside in Southern Africa and 63 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most frequently occurring given name on earth, held by 46 people.

This surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 155 people, or 1 in 349,534. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 50 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 26 percent live and Gauteng, where 16 percent live. Apart from South Africa Tukuma exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 15 percent live and The DR Congo, where 9 percent live.

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
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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 Tukuma
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