Tunwe Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Tunwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 26 | 1:593,778 | 45,605 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Tunwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tunwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tunwe is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tunwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,798,600th most numerous family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Tunwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Tunwe reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 593,778. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Mashonaland West Province, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunwei | 91 | 2 | / |
| Tunwehe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tonwe | 80 | 1,642 | / |
| Tunwa | 80 | 36 | / |
| Tunue | 80 | 23 | / |
| Tumwe | 80 | 22 | / |
| Tunbe | 80 | 5 | / |
| Tunwi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Tonwee | 73 | 381 | / |
| Tonwei | 73 | 55 | / |
| Tunwai | 73 | 38 | / |
| Tunved | 73 | 20 | / |
| Thunwa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Tunhue | 73 | 4 | / |
| Tunver | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tunbee | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tunvie | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tounbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tounwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tunwid | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tonnwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taunwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tunbey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Teunve | 73 | 0 | / |
| Tunnue | 73 | 0 | / |
| Tunveer | 67 | 25 | / |
| Thunved | 67 | 14 | / |
| Thunwit | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tusimwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tumnoue | 67 | 2 | / |
| Thaunwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tumweet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toumnwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tumwihe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tonweah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thunbee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tounbey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Tunwe
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