Tunisia Surname

1,558,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 132 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Israel

Tunisia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tunisia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1071:1,235,97486,893
Israel221:388,98331,283
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

Tunisia (1,068) may also be a first name.

Tunisia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tunisia (Arabic: تونس) occurs most in Indonesia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tunisia? popularity and diffusion

Tunisia is the 1,558,593rd most common last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Tunisia are found; 81 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 81 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tunisia is also the 244,750th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 1,068 people.

The surname Tunisia is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 107 people, or 1 in 1,235,974. In Indonesia it is most common in: East Java, where 74 percent are found, Central Java, where 13 percent are found and Bengkulu, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia Tunisia occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 17 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tunisia Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tunisia in the Arabic language
تونسtwns-

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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 Tunisia
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