Tungku Surname

761,666th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 375 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Tungku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tungku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia2761:106,8637,222
Thailand501:1,412,767195,138
Indonesia471:2,813,813160,835
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Tungku (238) may also be a first name.

Tungku Last Name Facts

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

Tungku (Bengali: টুংকু, Tibetan: འཐུང་སྐུ་) is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tungku? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 761,666th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 19,433,456 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Tungku reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 87 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tungku is also the 580,229th most frequently used forename globally, borne by 238 people.

This surname is most widespread in Malaysia, where it is borne by 276 people, or 1 in 106,863. In Malaysia Tungku is primarily found in: Sarawak, where 93 percent reside, Johor, where 4 percent reside and Kuala Lumpur, where 1 percent reside. Other than Malaysia this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 13 percent reside and Indonesia, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tungkup921,031/
Tungkuh9226/
Teungku922/
Thungku921/
Tungkus921/
Tungkui921/
Tunku91377/
Tunggkut861/
Tongku83131/
Tunkuz8324/
Tunkuç8323/
Tunkus8313/
Tunkut838/
Tounku837/
Tunkuh836/
Taunku832/
Tunkui832/
Tuunku831/
Tunkeu831/
Tounkou77305/
Tunkhuu7719/
Teunkeu7711/
Tongkui776/
Tounkeu775/
Tongkou775/
Tongkhu774/
Tunckus773/
Tungkoo772/
Tungcud772/
Tusenku771/
Tounkui771/
Tuncu73269/
Tonku73182/
Thongkau714/
Thongkui712/
Thongkou711/
Thounkeu711/
Tounnkou711/
Tounkouy711/
Tounkeup711/
Thongkhui6781/
Tumkus6740/
Tonkui6713/
Tunccu6712/
Tonkuh672/
Thongkhou671/
Tumkau671/

Tungku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tungku in the Bengali language
টুংকুtunku75
তুংকুtunku25
Tungku in the Tibetan language
འཐུང་སྐུ་tungku33.33
གཏུང་སྐུ།tungku33.33
གཏུང་ཀུ།tungku33.33

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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 Tungku
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