Tunica Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Tunica Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tunica Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain601:779,20132,544
France371:1,795,209158,669
Argentina181:2,374,634110,716
India141:54,790,384527,769
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

The alternate forms: Túnica (4) are calculated separately.

Tunica (104) may also be a first name.

Tunica Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tunica occurs more in Spain more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Túnica. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tunica? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tunica is the 1,471,719th most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Tunica are found; 42 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 42 percent are found in Iberian Europe. Tunica is also the 925,156th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 104 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Spain, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 779,201. In Spain Tunica is primarily found in: Catalonia, where 72 percent live, Aragon, where 27 percent live and Navarre, where 2 percent live. Apart from Spain Tunica exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in France, where 26 percent live and Argentina, where 13 percent live.

Tunica Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tunica has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Túnica944/
Tunnica9212/
Tunicha926/
Ttunica921/
Ttunnica861/
Tunisa83684/
Tinica83293/
Tunice83176/
Tunico83171/
Tunika8396/
Tonica8367/
Tuneca8361/
Tunici8343/
Tuniza8316/
Tunija831/
Tunuca831/
Tunnisa77708/
Tunicki77141/
Tunisah77134/
Tunisau77128/
Tounici7762/
Tunieka7735/
Tunaisa7723/
Tuniche7721/
Thunisa7715/
Thunika7712/
Tunikha778/
Tunikat776/
Tunikas774/
Tonnica774/
Tunichi774/
Tunikay773/
Tunizza773/
Ttunisa773/
Tungika772/
Tunniza772/
Tonicia771/
Tunecka771/
Tuinika771/
Thunnisa7161/
Tunnisah7114/
Tunitchi719/
Tugnizza711/
Thunicke711/
Tuneisah711/
Thunikaa711/
Tunnisaa711/
Tunniesa711/
Tonnicia711/
Tunnecha711/
Tuniki671,118/
Tonika67746/
Tunuka67490/
Tonico67464/
Toniza67301/
Tinika6769/
Tonici6761/
Tinică6749/
Tunyka6740/
Tinico6737/
Tinuca6734/
Toneca6733/
Tineca6731/
Tuneja6716/
Tuneci6711/
Tuneki678/
Tuniqi676/
Tuniko673/
Tunike673/
Tunesa673/
Tunijo672/
Tuniso672/
Tunezi672/
Tonice671/
Tuniky671/
Thunnisaa671/
Tuneza671/
Tunizi671/
Taungaika671/

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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
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  • 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 Tunica
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