Talewa Surname

564,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 561 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Talewa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Talewa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3631:203,52520,281
Papua New Guinea1081:75,4979,888
Tanzania851:622,84338,112
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Talewa (342) may also be a first name.

Talewa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Talewa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Talewa is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Talewa? popularity and diffusion

Talewa is the 564,325th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 12,990,278 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Talewa are found; 65 percent are found in Central Africa and 65 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 472,030th most common first name in the world, held by 342 people.

The surname Talewa is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 363 people, or 1 in 203,525. Without taking into account The DR Congo this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent reside and Tanzania, where 15 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Talewad9225/
Tailewa923/
Taleway921/
Thalewa921/
Tallewad8610/
Talawa83683/
Telewa83660/
Taleva83417/
Taleba83275/
Tolewa83111/
Talewe8320/
Taliwa8310/
Talevad771,305/
Talaeva77731/
Taleeva77410/
Talieva77252/
Taleeba77153/
Talaway7774/
Talewee7731/
Taloeva7716/
Taleabi7711/
Thaleva7711/
Talawai778/
Tasleva778/
Taleabo777/
Taleavi776/
Talewui775/
Taleiba775/
Talaiwa774/
Talihwa774/
Tuilewa774/
Taileba771/
Thaleba771/
Taileva771/
Tahliwa771/
Taliway771/
Talavea771/
Talebai771/
Talowah771/
Talowai771/
Taloway771/
Talyowa771/
Talahawa71121/
Talloway7135/
Tallevad7121/
Tallaway719/
Tallaeva718/
Talyaeva718/
Taylaeva716/
Taalaeva715/
Talevadh713/
Taalieva713/
Talisway711/
Tallieva711/
Taylieva711/
Talebi6788,521/
Taliba673,494/
Taliwe671,464/
Toleva67804/
Talevi67755/
Talibe67416/
Talebe67360/
Taleby67257/
Taliva67207/
Talava67205/
Talawo67168/
Toleba67160/
Talebo67141/
Taliwo67138/
Tallevast6784/
Telawa6753/
Teliwa6751/
Telewo6740/
Tolewo6731/
Televa6727/
Tolawa6724/
Toliwa679/
Taleve675/
Tolewe672/
Talive672/
Thaleswer671/
Talébe671/

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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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  • 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 Talewa
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