Tuntufye Surname

788,513th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 358 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Tuntufye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tuntufye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3551:149,13113,558
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Tuntufye (3,328) may also be a first name.

Tuntufye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tuntufye has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tuntufye.

How Common Is The Last Name Tuntufye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 788,513th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 20,356,274 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tuntufye live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Tuntufye is also the 123,820th most prevalent forename globally, borne by 3,328 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 355 people, or 1 in 149,131. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Mbeya Region, where 94 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 1 percent are found and Ruvuma Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 0 percent are found and Malawi, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tuntuev8010/
Tuntueva7580/
Tuntuvay753/
Tantuyev751/
Tuntayev751/
Tuntev7160/
Tyuntyaev7141/
Tuntof711/
Tuntaev6791/
Tunteva6783/
Tunteev6741/
Tuntafa6729/
Tyuntyaeva6717/
Tuntoev6716/
Tantyev6710/
Tyntuev676/
Tuntiev672/
Tun Tev671/

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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 Tuntufye
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