Tukwayo Surname

415,769th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 837 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Tukwayo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tukwayo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8121:66,7218,359
Zimbabwe251:617,53046,943

Tukwayo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tukwayo occurs most in South Africa. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tukwayo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 415,769th most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 8,706,745 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tukwayo reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 812 people, or 1 in 66,721. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 54 percent live, Western Cape, where 24 percent live and Gauteng, where 11 percent live. Besides South Africa this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live.

Tukwayo Last Name Statistics demography

Tukwayo earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.68% less than the national average, earning R 150,468 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thukwayo93176/
Tukhwayo932/
Tikwayo86378/
Tukwayi869/
Tukwaya862/
Tukwoyo861/
Tukwaye861/
Tokwayo861/
Tuckway860/
Thukwayi801/
Tungwayo801/
Thugwayo801/
Tukwai774/
Tukwaa771/
Thungwayo751/
Tiguayo7137/
Tukwaje713/
Tuncway711/
Tukuaye711/
Tungway711/
Tukwajje672/
Thukwaja671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Tukwayo
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