Takwa Surname
Approximately 2,175 people bear this surname
Takwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 997 | 1:20,832 | 2,830 |
| Indonesia | 756 | 1:174,933 | 16,938 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Nigeria | 77 | 1:2,300,555 | 77,632 |
| Tunisia | 49 | 1:12,462 | 2,053 |
| Uganda | 42 | 1:929,507 | 41,540 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Solomon Islands | 11 | 1:52,730 | 10,588 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Takwa (4,773) may also be a first name.
Takwa Demographics
Average Takwa Salary in
Canada
$19,121 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Takwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Takwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Takwa has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Takwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 193,388th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 3,350,596 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 62 percent of Takwa live; 46 percent live in Central Africa and 46 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Takwa is also the 99,007th most prevalent given name world-wide, borne by 4,773 people.
Takwa is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 997 people, or 1 in 20,832. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 60 percent live, Southwest Region, where 20 percent live and Centre Region, where 10 percent live. Beside Cameroon this surname exists in 28 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 35 percent live and Egypt, where 6 percent live.
Takwa Last Name Statistics demography
Takwa earn less than half the average income. In Canada they earn 61.51% less than the national average, earning $19,121 CAD 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 Takwa
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