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 last name Tahwan is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tahwan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Tahwan are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 992,070th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 92 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria Tahwan is most prevalent in: Benue, where 90 percent live and Taraba, where 10 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 26 percent live and Yemen, where 11 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 Tahwan
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