Tukuye Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Tukuye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 157 | 1:132,287 | 14,892 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tukuye (393) may also be a first name.
Tukuye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tukuye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tukuye is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tukuye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tukuye is the 1,343,156th most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 43,900,879 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tukuye reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 436,161st most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 393 people.
The surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 132,287. In Cameroon Tukuye is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 98 percent reside and North Region, where 2 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 4 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 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 Tukuye
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