Tabwe Surname

935,326th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 281 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Tabwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tabwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2601:284,15226,288
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Cameroon61:3,461,511126,814
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tabwe (101) may also be a first name.

Tabwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tabwe is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tabwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 935,326th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 25,934,327 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Tabwe reside; 94 percent reside in Central Africa and 94 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 940,641st most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 101 people.

The surname Tabwe is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 260 people, or 1 in 284,152. Apart from The DR Congo it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found and Cameroon, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tabw891/
Tahabwe832/
Tabwest831/
Tabue80937/
Tabwa80824/
Tebwe80332/
Tapwe80109/
Tabbe8097/
Tobwe8029/
Tabwi8015/
Tabve808/
Tabhw803/
Tavbe802/
Thabwech771/
Thabwa73557/
Taboue73304/
Thebwe73112/
Thabbe7374/
Tampwe7334/
Tabbee7321/
Tabbey7321/
Tabwai7310/
Teibwe739/
Tobweu737/
Tabues735/
Taibwa732/
Tabwhi732/
Tabbei731/
Thabue731/
Teabue731/
Tabued731/
Taybwa731/
Dtabue731/
Tavbej731/
Tabbej731/
Thavbe731/
Taabue730/
Thapwet67295/
Taiboue679/
Tabveer672/
Tabouet672/
Tobw672/
Tahabwa671/
Thabuea671/
Thabway671/
Taybbey671/
Taubbee670/

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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 Tabwe
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