Tukwi Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Tukwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 32 | 1:482,445 | 40,356 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Tukwi (11) may also be a first name.
Tukwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tukwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tukwi is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Tukwi.
How Common Is The Last Name Tukwi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,274,477th most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tukwi live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Tukwi is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used forename world-wide, borne by 11 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 482,445. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 47 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 28 percent are found and Harare Province, where 25 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 3 percent are found and Brazil, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thukwi | 91 | 186 | / |
| Tukwai | 91 | 4 | / |
| Tukwei | 91 | 1 | / |
| Tukgwi | 91 | 1 | / |
| Thukgwi | 83 | 132 | / |
| Thukhwi | 83 | 44 | / |
| Tounkwi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tukwa | 80 | 952 | / |
| Tukui | 80 | 64 | / |
| Tukwe | 80 | 31 | / |
| Tugwi | 80 | 20 | / |
| Tokwi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Tikwi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Thukwe | 73 | 89 | / |
| Taukwa | 73 | 48 | / |
| Tokgwi | 73 | 19 | / |
| Tungwi | 73 | 16 | / |
| Toukwa | 73 | 15 | / |
| Toukui | 73 | 6 | / |
| Tuykwa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Thugwi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Teukwe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tukgwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tunkui | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tuukwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Toukwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taukui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tukwet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tukwaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thukgwe | 67 | 154 | / |
| Toukwet | 67 | 18 | / |
| Tungwai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tukwaya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tungkui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Theukui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toukgui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tounkwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tounkui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuckway | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Tukwi
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