Tuwaka Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Tuwaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tuwaka (11) may also be a first name.
Tuwaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tuwaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tuwaka is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tuwaka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,649,889th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 67 percent of Tuwaka live; 67 percent live in Oceania Islands and 67 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Tuwaka is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 11 people.
It is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea Tuwaka is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 22 percent reside and Nigeria, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Touwaka | 92 | 22 | / |
| Thuwakha | 86 | 27 | / |
| Touwakay | 86 | 1 | / |
| Towaka | 83 | 86 | / |
| Tuvaka | 83 | 54 | / |
| Tuweka | 83 | 38 | / |
| Tiwaka | 83 | 17 | / |
| Tuwaki | 83 | 16 | / |
| Tuwako | 83 | 8 | / |
| Tuwake | 83 | 5 | / |
| Touwwakai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tuwaiki | 77 | 6 | / |
| Tubacka | 77 | 3 | / |
| Tauvaka | 77 | 3 | / |
| Tuvakad | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tuwakhe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Touwako | 77 | 1 | / |
| Touwake | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tuwakis | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tueuhaka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Touwakou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tuwahkee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tuvako | 67 | 162 | / |
| Tivaka | 67 | 146 | / |
| Towaki | 67 | 105 | / |
| Towake | 67 | 62 | / |
| Tiwoka | 67 | 16 | / |
| Tiwako | 67 | 16 | / |
| Tuvaki | 67 | 5 | / |
| Towako | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tubaca | 67 | 3 | / |
| Towaca | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tiweka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Towoka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuboka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuvake | 67 | 1 | / |
| Touwoukay | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Tuwaka
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