Tulwa Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Tulwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tulwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Tulwa (38) may also be a first name.

Tulwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tulwa (Hindi: तुलवा, Marathi: तुलवा) is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Tulwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tulwa? popularity and diffusion

Tulwa is the 7,593,402nd most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Tulwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Tulwa reside; 33 percent reside in Southern Africa and 17 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 38 people.

The surname is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 73,879,570. Beside The DR Congo this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 17 percent are found and France, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tulway9119/
Thulwa913/
Toulwa911/
Tuilewa834/
Tulwaha831/
Tutlhwa831/
Tulba802,702/
Tulva80192/
Tulua80143/
Tolwa8060/
Tulwe807/
Tulwo801/
Thutlhwa772/
Toulba731,604/
Tulbah73570/
Tolway7380/
Tuluay7370/
Tolwaj7344/
Tulbea7330/
Taulua7323/
Thulva7321/
Tulwey7310/
Tuilua733/
Tuluah731/
Tulbai731/
Toolwa731/
Tolwai731/
Tulvaa731/
Tolwah731/
Taulba730/
Tuğluay6724/
Tulvaha6710/
Thoulba671/
Thuluha671/
Thulbah671/
Tullwod670/

Tulwa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tulwa in the Hindi language
तुलवाtulava-
Tulwa in the Marathi language
तुलवाtulava-

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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 Tulwa
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