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
Tunga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
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 more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Tungá or Tuñga. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tunga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 21,602nd most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 289,131 people. The last name Tunga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Tunga are found; 35 percent are found in South Asia and 35 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Tunga is also the 96,383rd most frequently used first name globally It is held by 4,985 people.
This surname is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 8,729 people, or 1 in 87,876. In India it is most prevalent in: Odisha, where 38 percent live, West Bengal, where 30 percent live and Telangana, where 14 percent live. Not including India this surname is found in 53 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 28 percent live and Rwanda, where 12 percent live.
Tunga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily 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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