Tukume Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

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

Tukume Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tukume Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098

Tukume (169) may also be a first name.

Tukume Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tukume is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tukume? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,649,889th most numerous last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Tukume occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Tukume reside; 50 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 50 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 703,581st most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 169 people.

The surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Hela, where 89 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 11 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 39 percent live and Nigeria, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tukuume921/
Tukum91174/
Tukummee861/
Teukeume861/
Tukuma83246/
Taukum8397/
Tokume8317/
Tukumi8313/
Tukome836/
Tuikum835/
Thukum835/
Tikume834/
Tudkum832/
Tukoum831/
Toukum831/
Tuykum831/
Tukhummee801/
Toukoum77123/
Teukeum7715/
Tucumet777/
Thukkum775/
Tokumei772/
Toukeum772/
Tokuume771/
Tokhume771/
Toukome771/
Taukome771/
Tikoume771/
Tukoome771/
Tokum7366/
Tucum7310/
Tukumova7133/
Toukouma7122/
Toukoumi712/
Touckoum711/
Tokuma671,308/
Tokumi67317/
Tokome67100/
Tucuma6727/
Tukimi6719/
Tokhum6714/
Toukom6714/
Tokoum6713/
Tukoma675/
Ticume673/
Taukumova673/
Tikime673/
Thokum672/
Tuykom672/
Tockum671/
Tuikom671/

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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 Tukume
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