Tamgwa Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Tamgwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
Tamgwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamgwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tamgwa occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamgwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,649,889th most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Tamgwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tamgwa reside; 67 percent reside in Central Africa and 56 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 42 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 17 percent reside and West Region, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon it exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 33 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamngwa | 92 | 396 | / |
| Tamgwai | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tamnngwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tamingwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tangwa | 83 | 3,004 | / |
| Temgwa | 83 | 28 | / |
| Tamgba | 83 | 28 | / |
| Tamkwa | 83 | 11 | / |
| Tamgwo | 83 | 3 | / |
| Tamgwe | 83 | 3 | / |
| Tamgua | 83 | 2 | / |
| Teamgwaih | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thangwa | 77 | 101 | / |
| Tangwai | 77 | 93 | / |
| Tangwah | 77 | 56 | / |
| Taungwa | 77 | 38 | / |
| Taingwa | 77 | 30 | / |
| Tangway | 77 | 13 | / |
| Tangkwa | 77 | 11 | / |
| Themgwa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Tanghwa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Tamnqwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tangwat | 77 | 2 | / |
| Taangwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tamguay | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tangwad | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tang'wa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tangwas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tamngwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tamgweh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tamngua | 77 | 1 | / |
| Temgwah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thang'wa | 71 | 126 | / |
| Tasingwa | 71 | 22 | / |
| Tatengwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Thangwat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thangwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Than'gwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Teamgbah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tamengua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thangw'a | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tangua | 67 | 1,983 | / |
| Tongwa | 67 | 821 | / |
| Tankwa | 67 | 752 | / |
| Tamgue | 67 | 345 | / |
| Tangba | 67 | 221 | / |
| Tangwo | 67 | 198 | / |
| Tamgbo | 67 | 160 | / |
| Tamgbe | 67 | 39 | / |
| Tomgba | 67 | 3 | / |
| Temgua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tamkwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tamguo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tamgui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tangva | 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 Tamgwa
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