Tunun Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tunun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tunun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Tunun (45) may also be a first name.

Tunun Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tunun (Oriya: ଟୁନୁନ୍) occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tunun? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Tunun occurs mostly in Asia, where 50 percent of Tunun are found; 50 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 50 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tunun is also the 1,504,468th most widely held first name globally, held by 45 people.

The surname Tunun is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia Tunun is most frequent in: Sabah, where 50 percent are found and Sarawak, where 50 percent are found. Barring Malaysia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tungun9171/
Tunung9133/
Tunune914/
Tumnun912/
Tounun911/
Tunhun911/
Tuneun911/
Tunaung837/
Tunnung833/
Tumnunt831/
Teungun831/
Tunon80596/
Tonun80180/
Tinun8041/
Tunum8026/
Tunón806/
Tungnung77133/
Tounaung775/
Toungoun772/
Tounhoun771/
Tounusen770/
Tounon73137/
Teunon7348/
Tugnum7345/
Thinun7335/
Tuinon739/
Thonun736/
Tunnon732/
Tunnum731/
Tunhon731/
Taunon731/
Teunussen713/
Thoungoun711/
Tuhnusing711/
Tounoum673/
Thumnum672/
Taunnum671/
Thonnun671/
Thunnum671/
Thunoon671/
Thuinon671/

Tunun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tunun in the Oriya language
ଟୁନୁନ୍tunun66.67
ଟୁନୂୁtunuu33.33

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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 Tunun
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