Etwah Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guyana
Highest density in:
Guyana

Etwah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Etwah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guyana151:50,8154,586
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552

Etwah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Etwah is held by more people in Guyana than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Etwah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Etwah reside; 94 percent reside in South America and 94 percent reside in Gallo-Germanic South America.

Etwah is most widespread in Guyana, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 50,815. In Guyana Etwah is primarily found in: Demerara-Mahaica, where 60 percent are found and Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, where 40 percent are found. Besides Guyana this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Mauritius, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yetwah911/
Getwah911/
Etwa8937/
Jetwach831/
Heatwah830/
Atwah80889/
Jetwa8021/
Etwau8019/
Etwap8012/
Yetwa809/
Etwai808/
Edwah802/
Getwa801/
Hetwa801/
Itwah801/
Jethwa735,309/
Itwaha734/
Athwah733/
Jehtwa732/
Edwach732/
Attwah732/
Yetuah731/
Hestwa731/
Getuah731/
Yetwat731/
Hatwah731/
Hedwah731/
Yetwad731/
Ethwea731/
Jetwha731/
Jetwaa731/
Jetway731/
Atwa6724,703/
Etua67399/
Edwa67176/
Otwa6733/
Itwa6728/
Etwo6719/
Jitwach674/
Jeethwa672/
Jtwa672/
Jethwad672/
Jhethwa672/
Ytwa671/
Hethway671/
Geetuah671/
Gettway671/
Gethway671/
Jethway671/
Heetwat671/

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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 Etwah
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