Tunum Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Tunum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Tunum (15) may also be a first name.
Tunum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tunum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tunum (Hindi: तुनुम) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tunum? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,882,373rd most numerous last name in the world, held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Tunum are found; 92 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 92 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent given name in the world It is held by 15 people.
The last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 339,738. In Papua New Guinea Tunum is primarily concentrated in: Morobe, where 100 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 4 percent live and Indonesia, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tugnum | 91 | 45 | / |
| Tungum | 91 | 3 | / |
| Tunnum | 91 | 1 | / |
| Tounoum | 83 | 3 | / |
| Thumnum | 83 | 2 | / |
| Thunnum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Taunnum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tonum | 80 | 168 | / |
| Tinum | 80 | 37 | / |
| Tunom | 80 | 20 | / |
| Tunun | 80 | 4 | / |
| Toungoum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tungun | 73 | 71 | / |
| Tunung | 73 | 33 | / |
| Teunom | 73 | 6 | / |
| Tunune | 73 | 4 | / |
| Tonnum | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tumnun | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tounun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tunhun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tuneun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thoungnum | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tunaung | 67 | 7 | / |
| Thonnum | 67 | 7 | / |
| Tunnung | 67 | 3 | / |
| Thunnom | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tumnunt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teungun | 67 | 1 | / |
Tunum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tunum in the Hindi language | ||
| तुनुम | tunuma | - |
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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 Tunum
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