Tumbwe Surname
Approximately 4,099 people bear this surname
Tumbwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 3,646 | 1:20,263 | 2,560 |
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Zambia | 55 | 1:288,180 | 16,490 |
| Zimbabwe | 42 | 1:367,577 | 34,250 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Tumbwe (243) may also be a first name.
Tumbwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tumbwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tumbwe is most common in The DR Congo. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Tumbwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tumbwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 112,939th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,777,884 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tumbwe reside; 89 percent reside in Central Africa and 89 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Tumbwe is also the 573,164th most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 243 people.
This last name is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 3,646 people, or 1 in 20,263. Apart from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 8 percent live and Zambia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thumbwe | 92 | 3 | / |
| Tombwe | 83 | 320 | / |
| Tumbwi | 83 | 250 | / |
| Tumbue | 83 | 32 | / |
| Tumbwa | 83 | 12 | / |
| Timbwe | 83 | 5 | / |
| Tumboue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thumbwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Toumbue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tombwa | 67 | 206 | / |
| Tumbui | 67 | 16 | / |
| Tombue | 67 | 13 | / |
| Timbue | 67 | 8 | / |
| Tompwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tunbue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tombve | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tonbwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thumpwa | 62 | 105 | / |
| Tumbuis | 62 | 3 | / |
| Tunboue | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tumbuit | 62 | 1 | / |
| Taumbui | 62 | 1 | / |
| Thombwi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tumpui | 50 | 58 | / |
| Tombui | 50 | 23 | / |
| Timpue | 50 | 1 | / |
| Tonbue | 50 | 1 | / |
| Tompwa | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Tumbwe
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