Tahwan Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Tahwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Tahwan (92) may also be a first name.
Tahwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tahwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tahwan is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tahwan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tahwan is the 4,532,898th most widespread surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Tahwan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of Tahwan reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 992,070th most numerous first name internationally, borne by 92 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 90 percent are found and Taraba, where 10 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 26 percent are found and Yemen, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Tahwan
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