Taiwa Surname
Approximately 1,197 people bear this surname
Taiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 793 | 1:26,191 | 3,564 |
| Kenya | 175 | 1:263,885 | 17,546 |
| Nigeria | 136 | 1:1,302,520 | 51,596 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52 | 1:156,802 | 21,647 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
The alternate forms: Taïwa (1) are calculated separately.
Taiwa (663) may also be a first name.
Taiwa Demographics
Taiwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Taiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Taiwa occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Taïwa. Click here to see other possible spellings of Taiwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Taiwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 313,815th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 6,088,175 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Taiwa reside; 54 percent reside in West Africa and 23 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Taiwa is also the 322,353rd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 663 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 793 people, or 1 in 26,191. In Cameroon Taiwa is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 59 percent reside, North Region, where 23 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 7 percent reside. Other than Cameroon Taiwa exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 15 percent reside and Nigeria, where 11 percent reside.
Taiwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Taiwa
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