Taiwe Surname
Approximately 3,084 people bear this surname
Taiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,810 | 1:7,391 | 915 |
| South Africa | 218 | 1:248,522 | 25,292 |
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | 1:226,492 | 31,172 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
The alternate forms: Taïwe (9) & Taiwé (1) are calculated separately.
Taiwe (663) may also be a first name.
Taiwe Demographics
Average Taiwe Salary in
South Africa
R 155,664
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Taiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Taiwe is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Taïwe or Taiwé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Taiwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Taiwe is the 144,116th most frequent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,363,017 people. The surname Taiwe is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Taiwe are found; 46 percent are found in Central Africa and 26 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 322,353rd most commonly held given name globally, borne by 663 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,810 people, or 1 in 7,391. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 51 percent reside, North Region, where 23 percent reside and Centre Region, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon Taiwe is found in 7 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 7 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
Taiwe Last Name Statistics demography
Taiwe earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.5% less than the national average, earning R 155,664 per year.
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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 Taiwe
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