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 is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 692,305th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 17,066,852 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tamwa reside; 44 percent reside in Central Africa and 44 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most numerous forename on earth. It is borne by 38 people.
The last name Tamwa is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 187 people, or 1 in 111,065. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: West Region, where 37 percent reside, Centre Region, where 35 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 22 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also common 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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