Tunua Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Tunua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Tunua (76) may also be a first name.
Tunua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tunua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tunua (Hindi: टुनुआ, Oriya: ଟୁନୁଆ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tunua? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tunua is the 2,580,327th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Tunua reside; 61 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tunua is also the 1,107,702nd most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 76 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Zamfara, where 53 percent reside and Sokoto, where 47 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 16 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taunua | 91 | 5 | / |
| Tunuay | 91 | 1 | / |
| Tunuah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Tunhuad | 83 | 5 | / |
| Tunguha | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tounuay | 83 | 0 | / |
| Tunba | 80 | 355 | / |
| Tunwa | 80 | 36 | / |
| Tonua | 80 | 31 | / |
| Thumnuad | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tunwai | 73 | 38 | / |
| Tunwah | 73 | 19 | / |
| Tuumwa | 73 | 10 | / |
| Tounba | 73 | 8 | / |
| Tunbay | 73 | 6 | / |
| Thunwa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Tunbai | 73 | 4 | / |
| Tuumba | 73 | 2 | / |
| Taunba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tounuo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tunvad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taunva | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thunva | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tonnua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thonua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tounwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Teunba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taunwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tunmba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tunhba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tunbah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Theunuo | 67 | 98 | / |
| Tonnuea | 67 | 40 | / |
| Tounbou | 67 | 16 | / |
| Thaunwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuumwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teunwou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taunuos | 67 | 1 | / |
Tunua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tunua in the Oriya language | ||
| ଟୁନୁଆ | tunu'a | - |
| Tunua in the Hindi language | ||
| टुनुआ | tunu'a | 50 |
| टून्उा | tunua | 50 |
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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 Tunua
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