Type Surname (from location)
Usage Ingush (Russified)
Scripts ТӀумхой(Ingush) Тумгоев(Russian)
Other Forms FormsTumgoeva
Meaning & History
Russified form of an Ingush surname, which is from the name of an Ingush teip (clan). The clan's name itself is derived from Tumag (ТIумагI), the name of a village in Ingushetia, possibly meaning "to see with the heart" in Ingush.