Tumku Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tumku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tumku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Tumku (17) may also be a first name.

Tumku Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tumku (Russian: Тумку) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tumku? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,206,983rd most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 59 percent of Tumku live; 59 percent live in Oceania Islands and 59 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Tumku is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 17 people.

It is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea Tumku is primarily concentrated in: West Sepik, where 92 percent reside and Western, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 23 percent reside and Uganda, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tumkou91263/
Tumkus9140/
Tumkau911/
Toumkou834/
Toumkeu832/
Teumkeu831/
Tumkutė831/
Timku80165/
Tomku8026/
Thoumkeu771/
Tomkau7328/
Tomkeu7311/
Tomkou738/
Tumkoo732/
Tommku731/
Timkuj731/
Tümkuş731/
Toumkoe6717/
Thomkou671/
Tomkó60442/

Tumku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tumku in the Russian language
Тумкуtumku-

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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 Tumku
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