Tunuka Surname

625,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 490 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Tunuka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tunuka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2981:2,574,04581,367
Tanzania1461:362,61426,759
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Angola11:26,989,21411,853

Tunuka (431) may also be a first name.

Tunuka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tunuka (Oriya: ଟୁଣୁକା) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tunuka? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 625,459th most numerous family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 14,872,543 people. Tunuka occurs mostly in Asia, where 61 percent of Tunuka are found; 61 percent are found in South Asia and 61 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Tunuka is also the 413,409th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 431 people.

The last name is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 298 people, or 1 in 2,574,045. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Odisha, where 100 percent are found. Barring India this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 30 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found.

Tunuka Last Name Statistics demography

Tunuka earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 72.86% less than the national average, earning R 64,488 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tunguka92146/
Thunuka921/
Tunguuka861/
Tunika8396/
Tinuka8318/
Tunuki8315/
Tonuka833/
Tunuca831/
Toungouka8012/
Tunieka7735/
Thunika7712/
Tunikha778/
Thunuki777/
Tienuka776/
Tunikay773/
Tonouka771/
Tunhuke771/
Tunhuko771/
Tuinika771/
Tunguke771/
Tonauka771/
Tinouka771/
Tunnukij7129/
Tunhauko7112/
Tounooka712/
Tunnukit711/
Thunikaa711/
Tunuukij711/
Tunica67144/
Tonoka67110/
Tinika6769/
Tinuca6734/
Tonuko6734/
Tounoukeu6710/
Tonuki676/
Tuniko673/
Tunoko671/

Tunuka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tunuka in the Oriya language
ଟୁଣୁକାtunuka84.78
ଟୁନୁକାtunuka6.52
ତୁନୁକାtunuka6.52
ଟୂନୁକାtunuka2.17

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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 Tunuka
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