Tamwa Surname
Approximately 427 people bear this surname
Tamwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 187 | 1:111,065 | 12,922 |
| Zimbabwe | 169 | 1:91,351 | 13,091 |
| Tanzania | 54 | 1:980,400 | 45,201 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Tamwa (38) may also be a first name.
Tamwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tamwa occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Tamwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 692,305th most numerous last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 17,066,852 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tamwa live; 44 percent live in Central Africa and 44 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most commonly used forename globally, held by 38 people.
Tamwa is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 187 people, or 1 in 111,065. In Cameroon Tamwa is most prevalent in: West Region, where 37 percent reside, Centre Region, where 35 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 22 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 40 percent reside and Tanzania, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Tamwa
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