Tunu Surname
Approximately 3,318 people bear this surname
Tunu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 835 | 1:88,479 | 10,091 |
| Indonesia | 610 | 1:216,802 | 20,306 |
| Kenya | 564 | 1:81,879 | 7,535 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Papua New Guinea | 243 | 1:33,554 | 3,923 |
| Tanzania | 155 | 1:341,559 | 25,363 |
| India | 139 | 1:5,518,456 | 133,501 |
| South Africa | 73 | 1:742,160 | 51,964 |
| Brazil | 66 | 1:3,243,550 | 93,057 |
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: Tunú (1) are calculated separately.
Tunu (33,753) may also be a first name.
Tunu Demographics
Average Tunu Salary in
United States
$12,604 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tunu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tunu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tunu (Bengali: টুনু, Hindi: टुनु, Marathi: टुनु, Oriya: ଟୁନୁ, Russian: Туну) is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Tunú. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tunu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 135,470th most frequently held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 2,196,367 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 66 percent of Tunu are found; 25 percent are found in Central Africa and 25 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Tunu is also the 25,435th most frequently occurring forename at a global level. It is borne by 33,753 people.
The last name Tunu is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 835 people, or 1 in 88,479. Not including The DR Congo this surname occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 18 percent are found and Kenya, where 17 percent are found.
Tunu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (59%) in Kenya.
The amount Tunu earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 48.7% less than the national average, earning R 121,908 per year and in United States they earn 70.79% less than the national average, earning $12,604 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tunu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tunu in the Bengali language | ||
| টুনু | tunu | 94.26 |
| তুনু | tunu | 4.92 |
| Tunu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଟୁନୁ | tunu | 92.89 |
| ଟୂନୁ | tunu | 2.51 |
| ତୁନୁ | tunu | 1.4 |
| ଟୁଣୁ | tunu | 0.84 |
| ଟୂନୂ | tunu | 0.28 |
| ଝୁନୁ | jhunu | 0.28 |
| ଟୁନୂ | tunu | 0.28 |
| ଟୁନୀ | tuni | 0.08 |
| ତୁଣୁ | tunu | 0.04 |
| ଚୁନୁ | cunu | 0.04 |
| ରୁନୁ | runu | 0.04 |
| ଟୁନା | tuna | 0.04 |
| ଯୁନୁ | yunu | 0.04 |
| ନୁନୀ | nuni | 0.04 |
| ଟୂଣୁ | tunu | 0.04 |
| Tunu in the Hindi language | ||
| टुनु | tunu | 45.86 |
| टुनू | tunu | 29.94 |
| टूनू | tunu | 18.47 |
| टूनु | tunu | 1.91 |
| तुनु | tunu | 1.91 |
| तूनू | tunu | 0.64 |
| टुन्ु | tunu | 0.64 |
| तुनू | tunu | 0.64 |
| Tunu in the Marathi language | ||
| टुनु | tunu | 32.14 |
| टूनू | tunu | 28.57 |
| टुनू | tunu | 14.29 |
| टुणु | tunu | 10.71 |
| तुनु | tunu | 10.71 |
| तुनू | tunu | 3.57 |
| Tunu in the Russian language | ||
| Туну | tunu | - |
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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 Tunu
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