Tabwa Surname
Approximately 824 people bear this surname
Tabwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 366 | 1:144,649 | 13,219 |
| Zimbabwe | 282 | 1:54,746 | 8,300 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Kenya | 79 | 1:584,556 | 27,458 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Tabwa (42) may also be a first name.
Tabwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tabwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tabwa is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tabwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 420,906th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 8,844,109 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tabwa reside; 54 percent reside in East Africa and 54 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Tabwa is also the 1,566,439th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 42 people.
The last name Tabwa is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 144,649. In Tanzania Tabwa is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 73 percent live, Tanga Region, where 25 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 34 percent live and The DR Congo, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thabwa | 91 | 557 | / |
| Tabwai | 91 | 10 | / |
| Taibwa | 91 | 2 | / |
| Taybwa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Tahabwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tabwahe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Teabwah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Thabway | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tabua | 80 | 3,585 | / |
| Tabba | 80 | 1,822 | / |
| Tebwa | 80 | 366 | / |
| Tabwe | 80 | 281 | / |
| Tabva | 80 | 280 | / |
| Tapwa | 80 | 136 | / |
| Tobwa | 80 | 48 | / |
| Tabwi | 80 | 15 | / |
| Tabwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tabbaa | 73 | 4,037 | / |
| Tabbai | 73 | 777 | / |
| Thabua | 73 | 452 | / |
| Tabuaa | 73 | 347 | / |
| Tabbay | 73 | 346 | / |
| Tabuas | 73 | 187 | / |
| Teibwa | 73 | 172 | / |
| Tapwai | 73 | 79 | / |
| Tabuay | 73 | 36 | / |
| Tabbaj | 73 | 26 | / |
| Taibva | 73 | 14 | / |
| Taibba | 73 | 11 | / |
| Tabuah | 73 | 11 | / |
| Tabwoh | 73 | 7 | / |
| Tebwai | 73 | 6 | / |
| Teebwa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Tampwa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Thobwa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Tebway | 73 | 4 | / |
| Tabwhi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ttobwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taapwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tahbua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taabua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tabuad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thebwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taubba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taupwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tabbaai | 67 | 376 | / |
| Thapwat | 67 | 230 | / |
| Tabba'a | 67 | 7 | / |
| Tabuaah | 67 | 4 | / |
| Thabbaa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tabouha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tahabwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tabwest | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thapwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thabuea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teibwaa | 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
- 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 Tabwa
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