Tunga Surname
Approximately 25,205 people bear this surname
Tunga Surname Definition:
Tunga is a surname of the Ila tribe, meaning: fish. One who belongs to the water.
Tunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 8,729 | 1:87,876 | 5,850 |
| Angola | 7,099 | 1:3,802 | 559 |
| Rwanda | 3,101 | 1:3,665 | 908 |
| DR Congo | 2,511 | 1:29,422 | 3,680 |
| Turkey | 1,191 | 1:65,341 | 6,172 |
| Nigeria | 404 | 1:438,472 | 22,538 |
| Kenya | 370 | 1:124,811 | 10,369 |
| Zambia | 327 | 1:48,471 | 4,602 |
| Philippines | 302 | 1:335,226 | 45,862 |
| Indonesia | 285 | 1:464,032 | 38,383 |
| Zimbabwe | 117 | 1:131,951 | 17,409 |
| Cameroon | 115 | 1:180,601 | 19,028 |
| Tanzania | 109 | 1:485,703 | 32,780 |
| Papua New Guinea | 95 | 1:85,829 | 11,359 |
| Uganda | 79 | 1:494,168 | 28,468 |
| South Africa | 70 | 1:773,967 | 53,253 |
| Peru | 66 | 1:481,578 | 13,923 |
| Brazil | 44 | 1:4,865,326 | 126,089 |
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| Mongolia | 32 | 1:88,290 | 6,105 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Northern Cyprus | 15 | 1:21,267 | 5,310 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Namibia | 6 | 1:401,567 | 10,578 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
The alternate forms: Tungá (14) & Tuñga (6) are calculated separately.
Tunga (4,985) may also be a first name.
Tunga Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Tunga is a surname of the Ila tribe, meaning: fish. One who belongs to the water.
Tunga Demographics
Average Tunga Salary in
United States
$50,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tunga (Bengali: তুঙ্গা, Hindi: तुंगा, Marathi: तुंगा, Oriya: ତୁ, Russian: Тунга, Tibetan: ཏུང་ག་) is found most in India. It may also be rendered as: Tungá or Tuñga. For other possible spellings of Tunga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tunga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tunga is the 21,602nd most commonly used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 289,131 people. The surname Tunga is predominantly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Tunga live; 35 percent live in South Asia and 35 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 96,383rd most prevalent first name on earth, held by 4,985 people.
This surname is most widely held in India, where it is held by 8,729 people, or 1 in 87,876. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Odisha, where 38 percent reside, West Bengal, where 30 percent reside and Telangana, where 14 percent reside. Barring India it exists in 53 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 28 percent reside and Rwanda, where 12 percent reside.
Tunga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Tunga surname is chiefly Christian (91%) in Kenya.
The amount Tunga earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 20.36% less than the national average, earning 275,621 kr per year; in Peru they earn 47.46% less than the national average, earning S/. 10,184 per year; in South Africa they earn 64.96% less than the national average, earning R 83,280 per year and in United States they earn 17.91% more than the national average, earning $50,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tunga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tunga in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཏུང་ག་ | tungga | - |
| Tunga in the Bengali language | ||
| তুঙ্গা | tunga | - |
| Tunga in the Oriya language | ||
| ତୁ | tu | 87.87 |
| ଟୁ | tu | 8.74 |
| ତୁଂଗ | tunga | 1.83 |
| ଟୁଂଗ | tunga | 0.04 |
| ସୁନଦ | sunada | 0.04 |
| ଟୁନି | tuni | 0.04 |
| Tunga in the Marathi language | ||
| तुंगा | tunga | 86.67 |
| तुन्गा | tun'ga | 7.62 |
| टुंगा | tunga | 3.33 |
| तूंगा | tunga | 1.43 |
| टूंगा | tunga | 0.48 |
| तुंगु | tungu | 0.48 |
| Tunga in the Hindi language | ||
| तुंगा | tunga | 81.82 |
| तुंग | tunga | 9.09 |
| टुंगा | tunga | 9.09 |
| Tunga in the Russian language | ||
| Тунга | tunga | - |
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