Takwah Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Takwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Takwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Takwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Takwah is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Takwah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Takwah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,206,983rd most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name Takwah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Takwah live; 77 percent live in Central Africa and 77 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 1,153,837. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 72 percent live, Centre Region, where 6 percent live and Far North Region, where 6 percent live. Barring Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent live and Liberia, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tankwah | 92 | 4 | / |
| Takwa | 91 | 2,175 | / |
| Taukwa | 83 | 48 | / |
| Thakwa | 83 | 32 | / |
| Teakwa | 83 | 28 | / |
| Takwai | 83 | 28 | / |
| Taikwa | 83 | 26 | / |
| Takwap | 83 | 25 | / |
| Taqwah | 83 | 16 | / |
| Takuah | 83 | 10 | / |
| Taskwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tatkwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Takgwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tokwah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tangwah | 77 | 56 | / |
| Tainkwa | 77 | 23 | / |
| Tagwaha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Teankwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Takkwai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thankwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Teckwah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thakwai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Taqwa | 73 | 2,716 | / |
| Tekwa | 73 | 1,518 | / |
| Takua | 73 | 346 | / |
| Tagwa | 73 | 303 | / |
| Takwo | 73 | 264 | / |
| Tokwa | 73 | 137 | / |
| Thackway | 71 | 182 | / |
| Tahankwa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Tagwai | 67 | 1,616 | / |
| Tagway | 67 | 193 | / |
| Teikwa | 67 | 137 | / |
| Thokwa | 67 | 109 | / |
| Thakua | 67 | 73 | / |
| Tagbah | 67 | 29 | / |
| Tonkwa | 67 | 24 | / |
| Thekwa | 67 | 19 | / |
| Toukwa | 67 | 15 | / |
| Taugwa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Tekway | 67 | 9 | / |
| Toikwa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Taigwa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Takuha | 67 | 6 | / |
| Takwey | 67 | 5 | / |
| Taguah | 67 | 5 | / |
| Takuae | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tekwai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Teekwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Taikwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tokwap | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tokwaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Takuad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thagwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taekwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tankua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taqwaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tekwaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tokwau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taquah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Takuea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Takwoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taquwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taakua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tagwas | 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 Takwah
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