Tamawo Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Tamawo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Tamawo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamawo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tamawo is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tamawo.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamawo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tamawo are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Tamawo is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 939,600. In Benin Tamawo is most common in: Ouémé Department, where 55 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 36 percent are found and Plateau Department, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Benin this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 25 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamawa | 83 | 110 | / |
| Tamabo | 83 | 19 | / |
| Tamowo | 83 | 18 | / |
| Tomawo | 83 | 3 | / |
| Temawo | 83 | 3 | / |
| Tamewo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tamavo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Thammawot | 80 | 4 | / |
| Tameawa | 77 | 22 | / |
| Tamaweu | 77 | 12 | / |
| Tammawa | 77 | 12 | / |
| Tamaswa | 77 | 11 | / |
| Tamabou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tammowo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tamhawa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tommawo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Taimowo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tamoiwo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tammawat | 71 | 22 | / |
| Toumawou | 71 | 4 | / |
| Thamawat | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tammabou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tamaivou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Taimmowo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tammaboy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thammawa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tomavo | 67 | 403 | / |
| Temowo | 67 | 292 | / |
| Temavo | 67 | 115 | / |
| Tomawa | 67 | 102 | / |
| Tamaba | 67 | 36 | / |
| Tamova | 67 | 30 | / |
| Tamava | 67 | 11 | / |
| Tomewo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Tamová | 67 | 7 | / |
| Tamoba | 67 | 4 | / |
| Temawa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Temewo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tamewa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tamowa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tameva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tammavoot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tamobo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tomabo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tomowo | 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
- 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 Tamawo
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