Tukuwa Surname
Approximately 352 people bear this surname
Tukuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 288 | 1:59,441 | 8,056 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Tukuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tukuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tukuwa is found most frequently in Malawi. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tukuwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Tukuwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 798,040th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 20,703,255 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tukuwa reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 84 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 288 people, or 1 in 59,441. Not including Malawi it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 9 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Tukuwa
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