Tuswa Surname

164,918th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,628 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Tuswa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tuswa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,6011:20,8302,636
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Tuswa (82) may also be a first name.

Tuswa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tuswa is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tuswa? popularity and diffusion

Tuswa is the 164,918th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,773,039 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tuswa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Tuswa is also the 1,060,447th most frequently held given name throughout the world, held by 82 people.

The surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 2,601 people, or 1 in 20,830. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 62 percent reside, Western Cape, where 13 percent reside and Gauteng, where 10 percent reside. Other than South Africa this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Tuswa Last Name Statistics demography

Tuswa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.88% less than the national average, earning R 164,244 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thuswa91122/
Tutshwa831/
Toswa8022/
Tiswa8017/
Tusba805/
Tusua803/
Tushwe7342/
Tusvai7318/
Thoswa7311/
Thiswa7310/
Tuisua735/
Tauswe732/
Thuswe731/
Toswau731/
Tousba731/
Tushbai6712/
Tauswer671/
Thusbay670/

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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 Tuswa
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