Tusiwe Surname

734,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 394 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Tusiwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tusiwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3801:139,32012,839
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551

Tusiwe (71) may also be a first name.

Tusiwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tusiwe occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Tusiwe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tusiwe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 734,496th most numerous family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 18,496,309 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tusiwe are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Tusiwe is also the 1,152,838th most widely held forename at a global level, borne by 71 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 380 people, or 1 in 139,320. In Tanzania Tusiwe is mostly concentrated in: Songwe Region, where 62 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 37 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 0 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thusiwe9211/
Tausiwe921/
Tusive8310/
Tusewe839/
Tusiew836/
Tisiwe831/
Tausiw831/
Tusibe831/
Tusieva7711/
Tosihwe771/
Thusiwi771/
Taushiw771/
Tusibey771/
Tushieva7138/
Tausieva712/
Tuzhiwei711/
Tausievi711/
Tosheiwe711/
Tusebe6725/
Tusiva6712/
Tuschieva677/
Tugibe676/
Tosive671/

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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 Tusiwe
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