Tunao Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

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

Tunao Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tunao Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
Niger81:2,399,00243,750
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Tunao (46) may also be a first name.

Tunao Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tunao is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tunao? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tunao is the 2,876,555th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname Tunao occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Tunao reside; 52 percent reside in West Africa and 35 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most common first name on earth, borne by 46 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria Tunao is mostly concentrated in: Sokoto, where 44 percent are found, Zamfara, where 31 percent are found and Lagos, where 19 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 17 percent are found and Brazil, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tounao912,627/
Tugnao91436/
Tungao91374/
Taunao9179/
Tunaoz9119/
Tunhao918/
Tunaou911/
Tunaho911/
Tounaou834,971/
Thumnao833/
Thunhao832/
Ttounao831/
Tounaao831/
Tounnao831/
Thounao831/
Tinao802,200/
Tunoa8099/
Tonao8055/
Tounnaou775/
Toumnaou771/
Taunoa7374/
Tunoho7318/
Tonaou733/
Tienao731/
Tinaoi731/
Tonaoy731/
Tonnao731/
Tunaua731/
Tunoas730/
Tunaiya6760/
Tienaho6749/
Tounoua6714/
Tugnoua672/
Tunoiyo671/
Tihnaou671/
Tounaua671/
Tounaau671/
Tounnoa671/
Tonnaou671/

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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 Tunao
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