Tabawa Surname

1,348,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 165 people bear this surname

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

Tabawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tabawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1361:1,302,52051,596
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Niger111:1,744,72934,351
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Tabawa (7,958) may also be a first name.

Tabawa Last Name Facts

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

Tabawa is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tabawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,348,199th most widely held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 44,166,945 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Tabawa reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tabawa is also the 71,334th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 7,958 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 1,302,520. In Nigeria Tabawa is mostly concentrated in: Jigawa, where 27 percent live, Bauchi, where 23 percent live and Yobe, where 22 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Tabawa exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live and Niger, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Tabajwa9235/
Tabaawa925/
Taibawa921/
Tabawat921/
Tabaswa921/
Tabawah921/
Tabaway921/
Tabajjwa8620/
Tababa832,772/
Tobawa8356/
Tabawi8315/
Tabowa835/
Tabawe834/
Tabawo834/
Tobaiwa771,369/
Tabaeva77561/
Tababai77133/
Tabouwa7723/
Tavahwa7719/
Tebajwa7716/
Tabahua778/
Tebahwa778/
Tebawai776/
Taybava776/
Tabavai772/
Toubawa771/
Teababa771/
Taibawi771/
Tabawei771/
Tababaj771/
Tababay771/
Tampawa771/
Tabawot771/
Taubaeva71891/
Taybaeva7124/
Tebajjwa7123/
Tababhai7117/
Taabaeva7110/
Tabaybay714/
Thababah711/
Tashbava711/
Taubavad711/
Taibaeva711/
Tobaiwea711/
Toibaiwa711/
Tababi671,192/
Tavava6759/
Tobewa6749/
Tababo6746/
Tabova6743/
Tabave6726/
Tabhabhai6723/
Tababe6711/
Tabeva6711/
Tabavy679/
Tabavi679/
Taboba678/
Tebawo675/
Tababy675/
Tavaba673/
Tebewa672/
Tabowe672/
Taibabhai672/
Tobowa672/
Tavawo671/
Tashbavea671/
Tobawe671/
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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 Tabawa
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