Tumaye Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Tumaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Tumaye (25) may also be a first name.
Tumaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tumaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tumaye is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tumaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,543,123rd most frequently used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Tumaye reside; 68 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring forename in the world, held by 25 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria Tumaye is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 100 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 16 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Tumaye
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