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 is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tunwase? popularity and diffusion
Tunwase is the 858,879th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 22,989,104 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tunwase live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequent given name globally, borne by 34 people.
The surname Tunwase is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 309 people, or 1 in 573,278. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 41 percent are found, Ogun, where 21 percent are found and Ondo, where 13 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Tunwase exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 percent are found.
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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