Tumsime Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Tumsime Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tumsime Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1421:372,82827,176
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Tumsime (766) may also be a first name.

Tumsime Last Name Facts

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

Tumsime occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tumsime? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,465,390th most frequent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname Tumsime is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tumsime live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Tumsime is also the 296,648th most frequent first name globally, held by 766 people.

The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 372,828. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Kagera Region, where 99 percent are found and Geita Region, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Tumsime Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tunsime861/
Timsime861/
Thumsima808/
Tumsimma802/
Tumsem771/
Tumchim7194/
Toumsem712/
Thumsem711/
Tunsiema674/
Thumchim671/
Taumsema671/
Tumseema671/
Tomsem622/
Tunjim621/
Thomsem5749/
Thungim573/
Tomçimi571/
Teumzem571/
Tonsimma531/
Thomssem531/
Thonsimma50211/

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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 Tumsime
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