Tunwase Surname
Approximately 317 people bear this surname
Tunwase Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 309 | 1:573,278 | 27,744 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Tunwase (34) may also be a first name.
Tunwase Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tunwase Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tunwase occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tunwase? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 858,879th most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 22,989,104 people. The surname Tunwase occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tunwase reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tunwase is also the 1,775,424th most common first name at a global level It is held by 34 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 309 people, or 1 in 573,278. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 41 percent reside, Ogun, where 21 percent reside and Ondo, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunwashe | 93 | 100 | / |
| Tumwase | 86 | 5 | / |
| Tumwaise | 80 | 2 | / |
| Tunbas | 77 | 66 | / |
| Thunwaeze | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tunuhaise | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tumwayise | 75 | 1 | / |
| Taunweiser | 71 | 0 | / |
| Tumweise | 67 | 5 | / |
| Taunvasi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tounwaza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tumweyise | 63 | 2 | / |
| Tumweisge | 63 | 1 | / |
| Tumbas | 62 | 1,685 | / |
| Tunbaş | 62 | 29 | / |
| Thumwatsai | 59 | 1 | / |
| Toumbas | 57 | 307 | / |
| Tumbage | 57 | 55 | / |
| Tumbasz | 57 | 6 | / |
| Thumbas | 57 | 1 | / |
| Taunuos | 57 | 1 | / |
| Tumbasay | 53 | 37 | / |
| Tumbaash | 53 | 32 | / |
| Tumweige | 53 | 2 | / |
| Tumbashi | 53 | 1 | / |
| Toumbass | 53 | 1 | / |
| Thumbash | 53 | 1 | / |
| Toumbassi | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Tunwase
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