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) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tunisia? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,558,593rd most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Tunisia live; 81 percent live in Southeast Asia and 81 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 244,750th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 1,068 people.

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

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
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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 Tunisia
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