Tagwai Surname
Approximately 1,616 people bear this surname
Tagwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,606 | 1:110,301 | 7,355 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tagwai (386) may also be a first name.
Tagwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tagwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tagwai occurs most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tagwai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 246,165th most frequently held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 4,509,620 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tagwai live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tagwai is also the 441,020th most common first name globally, held by 386 people.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,606 people, or 1 in 110,301. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kaduna, where 66 percent live, Niger, where 8 percent live and Plateau, where 5 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live.
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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 Tagwai
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