Tukwa Surname

375,863rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 952 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tukwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tukwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon3871:53,6676,988
Tanzania3871:136,80012,653
Zimbabwe921:167,80720,631
South Africa421:1,289,94571,309
Nigeria411:4,320,555118,938
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Tukwa (40) may also be a first name.

Tukwa Last Name Facts

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

Tukwa is most common in Cameroon. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tukwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tukwa is the 375,863rd most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 7,654,985 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tukwa live; 41 percent live in Central Africa and 41 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Tukwa is also the 1,614,485th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 40 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 387 people, or 1 in 53,667. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Southwest Region, where 77 percent live, Northwest Region, where 18 percent live and Centre Region, where 4 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 41 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 10 percent live.

Tukwa Last Name Statistics demography

Tukwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 83.68% less than the national average, earning R 38,784 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taukwa9148/
Toukwa9115/
Tukwai914/
Tuykwa914/
Thukwa913/
Tuukwa911/
Tukwaa911/
Teunkwa833/
Tukwaya832/
Tounkwa831/
Tuckwah831/
Tuckway830/
Tikwa80223/
Tukua80220/
Tokwa80137/
Tugwa80131/
Tukwi8036/
Tykwa8035/
Tukwe8031/
Tukwo807/
Tukwajje772/
Thukwaja771/
Thukwi73186/
Thukwe7389/
Tougwa7320/
Tukuae7317/
Tugwah7314/
Taugwa7312/
Tudkua739/
Teugwa733/
Teukwe733/
Tukgwe732/
Toukwo731/
Tukwei731/
Tukgwi731/
Tukwet731/
Tuekwo731/
Tokwah731/
Tunkua731/
Teukua731/
Teuqwa731/
Tokwaa731/
Tokwau731/
Toukwe731/
Tiekwa731/
Tukuah731/
Thukgwe67154/
Thukgwi67132/
Taungwa6738/
Tutkuea6725/
Toukwet6718/
Tudkuea6715/
Thookwa676/
Tungwai672/
Tiekwah672/
Tungway671/
Tounkwe671/
Tounkwi671/
Tikwaha671/
Tuncway671/
Thughwa671/

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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 Tukwa
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