Tumbwi Surname

1,014,722nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 250 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Tumbwi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tumbwi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2481:62,2519,387
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Tumbwi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tumbwi is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tumbwi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,014,722nd most prevalent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 29,150,184 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tumbwi reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 248 people, or 1 in 62,251. In Zimbabwe Tumbwi is most frequent in: Mashonaland East Province, where 38 percent live, Harare Province, where 22 percent live and Midlands Province, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 0 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tumbwe834,099/
Tumbui8316/
Tumbwa8312/
Thumbwe773/
Tumbuis773/
Thombwi771/
Taumbui771/
Tumbuit771/
Thumbwa771/
Tombwe67320/
Tombwa67206/
Tumpui6758/
Tumbue6732/
Tombui6723/
Timbwe675/
Thumpwa62105/
Toumpui625/
Thimbui624/
Tumboue621/
Toumbue621/
Tonbwij621/
Thumphwa574/
Thoumpui571/
Tombue5013/
Timbue508/
Tompwe503/
Tombve501/
Tunpui501/
Tonpui501/
Tonbwe501/
Tompwa501/
Tunbue501/

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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 Tumbwi
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