Tungga Surname
Approximately 2,938 people bear this surname
Tungga Surname User-submission:
The surname Tungga comes from the Urdu word tungga (تنگ, tung), which means 'harassment'. In Kashmiri language there is a word thugga, meaning 'those who harass people through deceitful means'. They were living in Diver Lolab, Jammu Kashmir, India, South Asia.
Read More About This SurnameTungga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 2,881 | 1:45,904 | 5,198 |
| Philippines | 41 | 1:2,469,225 | 130,198 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
Tungga (263) may also be a first name.
Tungga Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Tungga comes from the Urdu word tungga (تنگ, tung), which means 'harassment'. In Kashmiri language there is a word thugga, meaning 'those who harass people through deceitful means'. They were living in Diver Lolab, Jammu Kashmir, India, South Asia.
- khanaatifabdullahTungga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tungga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tungga (Bengali: টুঙ্গ) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tungga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 150,208th most commonly used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 2,480,444 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Tungga reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 98 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 548,616th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 263 people.
The surname Tungga is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 2,881 people, or 1 in 45,904. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 59 percent reside, West Java, where 17 percent reside and East Java, where 5 percent reside. Beside Indonesia this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 1 percent reside and Malaysia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tungga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tungga in the Bengali language | ||
| টুঙ্গ | tunga | - |
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