Tagwa Surname
Approximately 303 people bear this surname
Tagwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 52 | 1:1,018,108 | 45,504 |
| Philippines | 49 | 1:2,066,086 | 120,732 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Uganda | 39 | 1:1,001,007 | 43,411 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Solomon Islands | 11 | 1:52,730 | 10,588 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tagwa (12,910) may also be a first name.
Tagwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tagwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tagwa is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Tagwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tagwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 887,624th most frequent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 24,051,307 people. The surname Tagwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Tagwa live; 30 percent live in East Africa and 30 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 51,553rd most frequently held first name globally, borne by 12,910 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 1,018,108. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mbeya Region, where 98 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 16 percent reside and Botswana, where 15 percent reside.
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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 Tagwa
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