Tuwale Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tuwale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tuwale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria271:6,560,843154,927
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003

Tuwale Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tuwale is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tuwale? popularity and diffusion

Tuwale is the 3,185,033rd most commonly used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. Tuwale occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Tuwale live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Tuwale is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria Tuwale is most common in: Delta, where 59 percent are found, Rivers, where 22 percent are found and Sokoto, where 19 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 24 percent are found and The Philippines, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tuwal9152/
Tubale832,289/
Tiwale83461/
Thuwal83157/
Tuwole8356/
Tauwal8355/
Tuwali8330/
Towale8322/
Tuwala8313/
Tuwile8310/
Tuvale8310/
Tuwaly835/
Touwal832/
Tuwele832/
Tuwwal831/
Tuwalli77214/
Toubale77195/
Taubale77177/
Tuwasil77124/
Thuwail7742/
Touvale7723/
Tauwald7717/
Touwole7717/
Tuwolee7710/
Tiwhale778/
Tuwalla777/
Tuwalai775/
Tuballe775/
Tuswald775/
Tauwala774/
Tuivale774/
Touwala774/
Tauwali774/
Tauwele774/
Thuwele774/
Towalee773/
Tuweleh772/
Tuvales772/
Tuvalle772/
Tuuwali772/
Tushwal771/
Tuwwile771/
Tiwalee771/
Thowale771/
Thubale771/
Thiwale771/
Tauvale771/
Tuwolle771/
Towaley771/
Tuwiley771/
Tuwalay771/
Tuwaili771/
Tubaale771/
Tuwilei771/
Teubale771/
Tubal734,048/
Tuval73130/
Towal7369/
Tuwol7313/
Tubaileh71438/
Tuvalles71346/
Thauwald7146/
Thuswald7133/
Touwolei7115/
Tauwaldt719/
Tusswald713/
Toubaley712/
Tiwahale711/
Thouwala711/
Thiwhale711/
Tuwehleh711/
Tuwallya711/
Towailey711/
Touballe711/
Towailei711/
Tihwaele711/
Toubal6711,783/
Tivale672,256/
Tubali67507/
Tubail67362/
Tywala67202/
Thuval67134/
Towali67100/
Teubal6742/
Tuival6740/
Towail6720/
Towala6717/
Tiwole6716/
Tiwali6716/
Touval6715/
Tuvall6710/
Towaal676/
Tuweli675/
Towall674/
Tubole674/
Tuvali674/
Towole673/
Tauval672/
Tuvala671/
Tubhal671/
Tuwely671/
Toweal671/
Taubal671/
Tuvile671/
Tuybal671/
Touwailla671/
Towaly671/
Tuball671/
Tubalh671/
Tubayl671/
Tuvele670/

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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 Tuwale
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