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

The last name Tungku (Bengali: টুংকু, Tibetan: འཐུང་སྐུ་) is found in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tungku? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tungku is the 761,666th most frequent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 19,433,456 people. The surname Tungku is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Tungku are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 87 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 580,229th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 238 people.

The surname Tungku is most widespread in Malaysia, where it is carried by 276 people, or 1 in 106,863. In Malaysia it is most numerous in: Sarawak, where 93 percent are found, Johor, where 4 percent are found and Kuala Lumpur, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Malaysia it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 13 percent are found and Indonesia, where 13 percent are found.

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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tungku
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