Tuvshin Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mongolia
Highest density in:
Mongolia

Tuvshin Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from the word tuvshin, which means 'tiers' in Mongolian.

Tuvshin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mongolia901:31,3923,047
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
China21:683,660,78330,601
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Tüvshin (832) are calculated separately.

Tuvshin (388) may also be a first name.

Tuvshin Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from the word tuvshin, which means 'tiers' in Mongolian.

- thetuvshin

Tuvshin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tuvshin (Russian: Тувшин) is more frequently found in Mongolia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Tüvshin. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tuvshin.

How Common Is The Last Name Tuvshin? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,775,494th most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The last name Tuvshin occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Tuvshin reside; 88 percent reside in East Asia and 84 percent reside in Mongolo-Asia. It is also the 439,750th most commonly held given name worldwide, borne by 388 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Mongolia, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 31,392. Beside Mongolia it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent are found and Russia, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tüvshin95832/
Tubshin861/
Tubshinova7177/
Tubshim711/
Theuvsen6741/
Tuvsjøen6715/
Toufsaint631/
Tubsen621/
Towsin620/
Teuwsen57312/
Tubseang535/
Teuwssen533/
Tupseang531/
Thouwsend501/

Tuvshin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tuvshin in the Russian language
Тувшинtuvsin-

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