Tunbe Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

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

Tunbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tunbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tunbe Last Name Facts

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

Tunbe (Marathi: तुंबे) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tunbe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Tunbe occurs mostly in Africa, where 40 percent of Tunbe live; 40 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 50 percent are found and Zamfara, where 50 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 20 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tunbes9125/
Tunbee913/
Tunber912/
Tounbe911/
Tunbey911/
Taunber831/
Thunber831/
Thunbee831/
Tounbey830/
Tumbe801,463/
Tunba80355/
Tunby80126/
Tunbi8097/
Tonbe8033/
Tunwe8027/
Tunue8023/
Tumber731,319/
Taumbe73503/
Toumbe73311/
Tumbey73282/
Thumbe73158/
Tumbee73154/
Tumbea73125/
Tonbie7389/
Tumbez7352/
Tunmbi7344/
Tunved7320/
Tumbet7313/
Tuimbe7312/
Thonbe7310/
Tumbes739/
Tounba738/
Tunbay736/
Tunbiş736/
Thunby735/
Tumbie735/
Tunhue734/
Tummbe734/
Tumbeu734/
Tunbai734/
Tunver733/
Tounbi733/
Tumbei733/
Tunvie732/
Tunwei732/
Tumbhe732/
Tonbee731/
Tonbey731/
Tonmbe731/
Tonbeh731/
Taunba731/
Tunmba731/
Tunhba731/
Tumnbi731/
Teunba731/
Teunve730/
Tounby730/
Tunnue730/
Tunveer6725/
Teumbeu6716/
Thunved6714/
Tutembe677/
Thumbee673/
Tumnoue672/
Tummbey672/
Tunmboa672/
Toumbet671/
Teumbea671/
Tusimbe671/
Tusembe671/
Tunwehe671/
Toumbeu671/
Toumbey671/
Toumbie671/
Tumbeah671/
Thounby670/

Tunbe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tunbe in the Marathi language
तुंबेtumbe-

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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
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  • 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 Tunbe
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