Tunba Surname

793,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 355 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Tunba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tunba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3381:524,09125,846
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
England11:55,718,059489,080
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Tunba (963) may also be a first name.

Tunba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tunba (Hindi: तूंबा, Marathi: तुंबा) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tunba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 793,288th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 20,528,298 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tunba are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 259,932nd most widespread forename at a global level, held by 963 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 338 people, or 1 in 524,091. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Sokoto, where 28 percent reside, Zamfara, where 26 percent reside and Adamawa, where 25 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tunbas9166/
Tunbaş9129/
Tounba918/
Tunbat918/
Tunbay916/
Tunbai914/
Thunba914/
Tunbah911/
Tunhba911/
Tunmba911/
Teunba911/
Taunba911/
Tunmboa832/
Tumba8058,451/
Tonba80129/
Tunby80126/
Tunbi8097/
Tunua8056/
Tunwa8036/
Tunbo8010/
Tunbe805/
Toumba7311,619/
Thumba738,546/
Tumbay732,067/
Tumbad731,807/
Tumbas731,685/
Thunbo73216/
Tumbea73125/
Tumbai73107/
Tumbaa7388/
Taumba7366/
Tumbau7349/
Tunmbi7344/
Tumbaz7343/
Tunwai7338/
Tumbat7327/
Tunbes7325/
Tunwah7319/
Tounbo7312/
Tunbiş736/
Thunby735/
Taunua735/
Thunwa735/
Htumba734/
Tounbi733/
Tuimba733/
Tunbee733/
Tunber732/
Tumbha732/
Tuumba732/
Tonbai732/
Tonmba731/
Tunvad731/
Thonba731/
Taunva731/
Tunbey731/
Tunuah731/
Tumnbi731/
Tuhmba731/
Taunwa731/
Tumhba731/
Tuinbo731/
Tunuay731/
Teumba731/
Tounwa731/
Tounbe731/
Tumbap731/
Tumbaš731/
Tumboa731/
Thunva731/
Tounby730/
Toumbas67307/
Tusimba67157/
Tumbach67127/
Toumbai6721/
Tumbaya6720/
Tounbou6716/
Teutenbach677/
Tunboot677/
Tumbasz676/
Tunhuad675/
Thonbai675/
Thumbai674/
Toumbay674/
Tumbapp673/
Thoumba671/
Thunbee671/
Thunber671/
Tumbeah671/
Tunguha671/
Teumbea671/
Toumbaa671/
Toumbat671/
Toummba671/
Taunber671/
Thumbas671/
Tumbaha671/
Dtoumba671/
Thumbat671/
Thaunwa671/
Tuymbai671/
Tounuay670/
Tounbey670/
Thounby670/

Tunba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tunba in the Hindi language
तूंबाtumba-
Tunba in the Marathi language
तुंबाtumba-

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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 Tunba
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