Tuwada Surname

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

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Tuwada Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tuwada Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria901:1,968,25369,534
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Tuwada Last Name Facts

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

Tuwada is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tuwada.

How Common Is The Last Name Tuwada? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,775,494th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. Tuwada occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Tuwada reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 1,968,253. In Nigeria it is most common in: Borno, where 99 percent reside and Adamawa, where 1 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Tuwada is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 12 percent reside and The Philippines, where 3 percent reside.

Tuwada Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Tuwada surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Touwada926/
Tuwaday921/
Touwaida862/
Tubada83368/
Towada83199/
Tuwadi8372/
Tiwada8313/
Tuwado832/
Tuvada832/
Taubada7730/
Touwoda7717/
Thuwadi778/
Tauwadi774/
Tiwadai773/
Tubaday772/
Tubaida771/
Towaida771/
Touwadi771/
Tuwadio771/
Tuhwade771/
Tuubada771/
Touwaide7145/
Tubaidah713/
Touwoida711/
Tussuada711/
Tubadi675,442/
Towade67543/
Towadi67255/
Tubade67125/
Tiwado6748/
Tuboda6739/
Tivada678/
Towado676/
Tiwoda675/
Tubado674/
Tuvade672/
Thubadeau671/
Tubady671/
Tuwode671/
Towadé671/

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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 Tuwada
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