Tambuwal Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Tambuwal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 170 | 1:1,042,016 | 43,672 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tambuwal (88) may also be a first name.
Tambuwal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tambuwal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tambuwal is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tambuwal? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tambuwal is the 1,290,735th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,406,511 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tambuwal reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tambuwal is also the 1,017,994th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 88 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 170 people, or 1 in 1,042,016. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Sokoto, where 51 percent live, Kaduna, where 31 percent live and Kano, where 5 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and Iceland, where 1 percent live.
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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 Tambuwal
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