Tumba Surname

9,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58,451 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Tumba Surname Definition:

Tumba is a surname of the Senga tribe, meaning: bloom or blossom.

Tumba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo38,1381:1,937190
Nigeria11,0181:16,0781,556
Angola4,7331:5,702788
Indonesia6291:210,25319,770
Peru5281:60,1974,774
Zimbabwe5211:29,6324,550
Zambia4641:34,1593,452
Papua New Guinea3461:23,5662,578
Turkey3021:257,68717,701
Tanzania2571:205,99817,478
Malawi1831:93,54711,397
India1771:4,333,703114,361
Nepal1361:209,4192,999
Malaysia1151:256,47214,435
Belgium981:117,31317,342
Moldova851:41,8986,324
Romania811:247,87523,462
France671:991,384111,008
United States501:7,249,179331,838
England491:1,137,10353,999
South Africa491:1,105,66765,349
Russia461:3,133,110167,157
Liberia371:119,1509,110
Brazil341:6,296,304151,940
Canada321:1,151,42583,867
Cameroon311:669,97049,334
Uganda311:1,259,33249,678
Sweden281:351,67024,678
Kosovo241:77,5784,881
Transnistria201:23,7354,200
Ukraine161:2,845,168170,459
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Bulgaria121:581,57524,486
Philippines91:11,248,691221,039
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Chile71:2,516,63933,195
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Congo61:831,51616,072
Belarus61:1,583,51089,472
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Central African Republic41:1,128,848387
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Albania31:971,35222,477
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
China21:683,660,78330,601
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Tumba (16,809) may also be a first name.

Tumba Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Tumba is a surname of the Senga tribe, meaning: bloom or blossom.

The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama

Tumba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tumba (Hindi: तुम्बा, Marathi: तुंबा, Oriya: ତୁା, Russian: Тумба, Tibetan: ཀྲུམ་ཕ་) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tumba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 9,664th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 124,678 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Tumba are found; 65 percent are found in Central Africa and 65 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 42,870th most numerous first name globally It is held by 16,809 people.

It is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 38,138 people, or 1 in 1,937. Other than The DR Congo this last name exists in 69 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 19 percent live and Angola, where 8 percent live.

Tumba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Tumba surname is predominantly Christian (92%) in Nigeria.

The amount Tumba earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 6.4% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,144 per year; in South Africa they earn 34.58% less than the national average, earning R 155,460 per year; in United States they earn 49.5% more than the national average, earning $64,506 USD per year and in Canada they earn 43.69% less than the national average, earning $27,976 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toumba9111,619/
Thumba918,546/
Tumbay912,067/
Tumbad911,807/
Tumbas911,685/
Tumbah91144/
Tumbea91125/
Tumbai91107/
Tumbaa9188/
Taumba9166/
Tumbau9149/
Tumbaz9143/
Tuemba9135/
Tumbat9127/
Htumba914/
Tuimba913/
Tumbha912/
Tuumba912/
Tunmba911/
Tuhmba911/
Tumhba911/
Teumba911/
Tumbap911/
Tumbaš911/
Tumboa911/
Toumbas83307/
Tusimba83157/
Tumbach83127/
Tahumba8331/
Toumbai8321/
Tumbaya8320/
Tohumba8311/
Tumbasz836/
Thumbai834/
Toumbay834/
Tumbapp833/
Tunmboa832/
Thoumba831/
Tumbeah831/
Teumbea831/
Toumbaa831/
Toumbat831/
Toummba831/
Thumbas831/
Tumbaha831/
Dtoumba831/
Thumbat831/
Tuymbai831/
Timba8032,835/
Tomba8013,905/
Tumbo8010,410/
Tumbi802,190/
Tumbe801,463/
Tumwa801,351/
Tumua801,017/
Tunba80355/
Tumby803/
Tumva801/
Toumbaya771,847/
Tuymebay7799/
Tuimebai7759/
Thumbach7740/
Tumbaash7732/
Thumbaya7714/
Tumbhaya774/
Thumbhai773/
Tuimebay772/
Tuymebai771/
Thumbash771/
Toumbass771/
Thumbo734,988/
Thumbi734,218/
Tumber731,319/
Thimba73581/
Taumbe73503/
Toumbe73311/
Tumbey73282/
Toumbo73249/
Teumbo73161/
Thumbe73158/
Tumbee73154/
Tümbaş73152/
Taumua73131/
Tumbio73117/
Tumbos73106/
Toumbi73102/
Timbai7385/
Tombea7373/
Timbah7373/
Tunbas7366/
Tombay7357/
Tombai7353/
Tumbez7352/
Tumbeh7344/
Tunmbi7344/
Timbau7336/
Timbay7334/
Tumbit7333/
Tumbić7330/
Tomboa7329/
Tunbaş7329/
Toomba7326/
Tiemba7325/
Tumbis7325/
Tumwad7321/
Tumboy7321/
Timbha7318/
Tumbui7316/
Tumbiz7316/
Tumbet7313/
Tumwat7313/
Tuimbe7312/
Tuumwa7310/
Tumboh7310/
Tumbes739/
Tounba738/
Tunbat738/
Tunbay736/
Tumbiş736/
Tumbid735/
Tumbie735/
Tumuay735/
Tummbe734/
Tumbeu734/
Tunbai734/
Tumwah734/
Thunba734/
Tümbay734/
Tuhmbo734/
Tumbei733/
Thumby733/
Tumbot733/
Teumbi733/
Toumbé733/
Taumby732/
Tumbhe732/
Toumby732/
Toumwa732/
Toumua731/
Tonmba731/
Tumbhi731/
Tumbii731/
Tumboi731/
Tummua731/
Ttimba731/
Tuimua731/
Taumbi731/
Taumbo731/
Tommba731/
Tunbah731/
Tumbuy731/
Tumnbi731/
Tunhba731/
Teunba731/
Tuymbi731/
Tümbas731/
Thumbé731/
Thumua731/
Tumbod731/
Tumboo731/
Tumbop731/
Tumbou731/
Ttumbi731/
Taunba731/
Tuimby730/
Ttoumbaya711/
Toumbou67982/
Tumbász67287/
Thumboo67126/
Tumimpa6787/
Teumbou6772/
Toumbis6723/
Teumbeu6716/
Tuembou6713/
Toumbos6710/
Tumuhai677/
Tutembe677/
Timbeau676/
Thumbee673/
Tumbuis673/
Tummbey672/
Tumbych671/
Taumbui671/
Tumbuit671/
Tumempa671/
Tusembe671/
Tusimbe671/
Tusimbi671/
Toumbet671/
Toumbeu671/
Toumbey671/
Toumbie671/
Toumboy671/
Theumbo671/
Thoumby671/
Timbaij671/
Timbhai671/
Ttoumbi671/
Tuumwai671/
Tumboch670/
Thumway670/

Tumba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tumba in the Tibetan language
ཀྲུམ་ཕ་trumpa-
Tumba in the Marathi language
तुंबाtumba97.35
तूंबाtumba1.81
टुंबाtumba0.56
तु्ंबाtumba0.14
Tumba in the Oriya language
ତୁାtua88.05
ତୁtu9.43
ତୁଂବାtumba1.26
Tumba in the Hindi language
तुम्बाtumba87.5
टुम्बाtumba8.33
Tumba in the Russian language
Тумбаtumba-

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