Tunguka Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Tunguka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 70 | 1:226,427 | 14,143 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Tunguka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tunguka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tunguka is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tunguka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,459,453rd most frequently used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tunguka are found; 48 percent are found in Southern Africa and 48 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 226,427. In Zambia Tunguka is mostly concentrated in: Southern Province, where 63 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 37 percent reside. Aside from Zambia Tunguka exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 47 percent reside and Uganda, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunguska | 93 | 2 | / |
| Tunguuka | 93 | 1 | / |
| Tunuka | 92 | 490 | / |
| Tuguka | 92 | 1 | / |
| Toungouka | 88 | 12 | / |
| Tungoka | 86 | 5 | / |
| Tungika | 86 | 2 | / |
| Thunuka | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tonguka | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tunguke | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tonuka | 77 | 3 | / |
| Toguka | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tunuca | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tunghikka | 75 | 14 | / |
| Tongoka | 71 | 28 | / |
| Tonouka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tonauka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tunhuko | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tunhauko | 67 | 12 | / |
| Tounooka | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tounoukeu | 63 | 10 | / |
| Tougoukou | 63 | 2 | / |
| Tonoka | 62 | 110 | / |
| Tonuko | 62 | 34 | / |
| Tunoko | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tonokai | 57 | 53 | / |
| Tunuzco | 57 | 1 | / |
| Tunusco | 57 | 1 | / |
| Tonoukou | 53 | 18 | / |
| Tonnoukou | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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 Tunguka
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