Turuwa Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Turuwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Turuwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe271:571,78744,609
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Turuwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Turuwa occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Turuwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Turuwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,432,070th most frequent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname Turuwa is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Turuwa live; 82 percent live in Southern Africa and 82 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Turuwa is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 571,787. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 59 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 37 percent reside and Harare Province, where 4 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 6 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Turuwai928/
Turuhwa921/
Thuruwa921/
Tourouwa862/
Tiruwa83479/
Turuva83419/
Turuba8368/
Toruwa834/
Turuwo831/
Turuwe831/
Thuruwe77183/
Turueva77150/
Torzuwa776/
Turuvat772/
Thoruwa772/
Thuruba771/
Tirruwa771/
Tiruhwa771/
Torouwa771/
Thuruva771/
Tiruwaa771/
Turubaha711/
Tiruuhwa711/
Tiruva67145/
Tiriwa6773/
Turubi6728/
Turube6715/
Toruwo6710/
Toruwe677/
Turiva677/
Turubo676/
Turuve674/
Touroubai671/
Turuvi671/

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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 Turuwa
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