Takiwa Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Takiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 86 | 1:94,811 | 12,690 |
| New Zealand | 30 | 1:150,944 | 17,319 |
| Australia | 22 | 1:1,227,077 | 66,405 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Takiwa (182) may also be a first name.
Takiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Takiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Takiwa is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Takiwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,359,010th most prevalent family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 44,708,871 people. The surname Takiwa occurs mostly in Oceania, where 85 percent of Takiwa reside; 53 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 53 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 675,152nd most prevalent first name in the world, held by 182 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 86 people, or 1 in 94,811. In Papua New Guinea Takiwa is primarily found in: Hela, where 98 percent live, Morobe, where 1 percent live and National Capital District, where 1 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 18 percent live and Australia, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Takhiwa | 92 | 209 | / |
| Takaiwa | 92 | 11 | / |
| Thakiwa | 92 | 4 | / |
| Takiwaa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Takuiwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Takiwai | 92 | 1 | / |
| Takaiwai | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tokiwa | 83 | 9,913 | / |
| Takuwa | 83 | 5,015 | / |
| Takewa | 83 | 684 | / |
| Takiva | 83 | 13 | / |
| Takiwe | 83 | 5 | / |
| Takieva | 77 | 283 | / |
| Tokiwai | 77 | 136 | / |
| Tachiwa | 77 | 17 | / |
| Tekhiwa | 77 | 9 | / |
| Taïkiba | 77 | 4 | / |
| Takuuwa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Taakuwa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Takeuwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Takuwwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Takuwha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Takuwaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tekeiwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tekaiwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tokiwah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Takhuwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Takhieva | 71 | 27 | / |
| Taykieva | 71 | 9 | / |
| Taukieva | 71 | 7 | / |
| Takeawah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tokoiwah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tadkewad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tajkhuwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Takeva | 67 | 607 | / |
| Takuva | 67 | 352 | / |
| Taciva | 67 | 81 | / |
| Tekewa | 67 | 22 | / |
| Takaibaha | 67 | 16 | / |
| Tokuwa | 67 | 15 | / |
| Takewo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tokiwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tekiva | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tekuwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Takewe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tokiwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Takevi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Takiwa
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