Tuuma Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Tuuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Uganda | 38 | 1:1,027,349 | 44,109 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Tuuma (16) may also be a first name.
Tuuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tuuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tuuma is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tuuma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tuuma is the 1,882,912th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tuuma live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tuuma is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used forename at a global level, held by 16 people.
The surname Tuuma is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 93 percent reside, Adamawa, where 2 percent reside and Enugu, where 2 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 39 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Tuuma
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