Tunuru Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Solomon Islands
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Tunuru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tunuru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Solomon Islands161:36,2527,281
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
India31:255,688,4611,306,352

Tunuru Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tunuru is carried by more people in The Solomon Islands than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tunuru? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,116,508th most commonly used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 87 percent of Tunuru live; 87 percent live in Oceania Islands and 70 percent live in Solomonic Oceania.

It is most frequently held in The Solomon Islands, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 36,252. In The Solomon Islands it is most prevalent in: Western Province, where 94 percent live and Guadalcanal Province, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account The Solomon Islands this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live and India, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tunguru9219/
Thunuru927/
Tounuru923/
Thunnuru863/
Tinuru8338/
Tonuru8310/
Tuniru834/
Tunooru7721/
Thonuru777/
Tunniru772/
Tonnuru772/
Toonuru771/
Thunuroo713/
Tienourou6727/
Tonoru671/
Thiniru621/

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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 Tunuru
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