Tunbi Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Tunbi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tunbi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria901:1,968,25369,534
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458

Tunbi (235) may also be a first name.

Tunbi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tunbi (Hindi: टंुबी) is found most in Nigeria. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tunbi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,882,912th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Tunbi live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 584,346th most commonly held forename globally. It is borne by 235 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 1,968,253. In Nigeria Tunbi is most numerous in: Oyo, where 20 percent are found, Zamfara, where 14 percent are found and Lagos, where 12 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Tunbi exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 4 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tunmbi9144/
Tunbiş916/
Tunbai914/
Tounbi913/
Tumnbi911/
Tumbi802,190/
Tunba80355/
Tunby80126/
Tonbi8057/
Tunui8044/
Tunbe805/
Tunwi802/
Thumbi734,218/
Tumbio73117/
Tumbai73107/
Toumbi73102/
Tonbie7389/
Tunwai7338/
Tumbit7333/
Tumbić7330/
Tunbes7325/
Tumbis7325/
Tonboi7321/
Tumbui7316/
Tumbiz7316/
Tunhui7310/
Tounba738/
Tumbiş736/
Tunbay736/
Tumbid735/
Tumbie735/
Thunby735/
Tumbei733/
Tunbee733/
Teumbi733/
Tonbai732/
Tuinui732/
Tunvie732/
Tunber732/
Tunwei732/
Tunhba731/
Tunwid731/
Tumbhi731/
Taunba731/
Tumbii731/
Ttumbi731/
Tounbe731/
Tounvi731/
Tuymbi731/
Tumboi731/
Tunvio731/
Taumbi731/
Tunbey731/
Teunba731/
Tunmba731/
Tounby730/
Toumbis6723/
Toumbai6721/
Thonbai675/
Thunhui674/
Thumbai674/
Thunwit674/
Tumbuis673/
Tunmboa672/
Thunber671/
Taumbui671/
Thunbee671/
Tumbuit671/
Tusimbi671/
Toumbie671/
Toumnwi671/
Taunber671/
Ttoumbi671/
Tuymbai671/
Thounby670/
Tounbey670/

Tunbi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tunbi in the Hindi language
टंुबीtamubi50
तूंबीtumbi50

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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 Tunbi
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