Tamwe Surname
Approximately 243 people bear this surname
Tamwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 130 | 1:159,762 | 17,345 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
Tamwe (15) may also be a first name.
Tamwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tamwe is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamwe? popularity and diffusion
Tamwe is the 1,035,555th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 29,989,901 people. The last name Tamwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tamwe live; 84 percent live in Central Africa and 70 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most common first name worldwide, held by 15 people.
Tamwe is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 130 people, or 1 in 159,762. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 39 percent live, Centre Region, where 25 percent live and Littoral Region, where 15 percent live. Beside Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 45 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamwey | 91 | 3 | / |
| Tamwei | 91 | 1 | / |
| Tamnwe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Tamweu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Tamw | 89 | 3 | / |
| Tasimwe | 83 | 7 | / |
| Tamwoue | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tamweez | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tambe | 80 | 118,744 | / |
| Tamwa | 80 | 427 | / |
| Tamue | 80 | 86 | / |
| Tomwe | 80 | 55 | / |
| Tanwe | 80 | 47 | / |
| Temwe | 80 | 24 | / |
| Tamwi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Tamve | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tanwie | 73 | 634 | / |
| Tanwee | 73 | 624 | / |
| Taumbe | 73 | 503 | / |
| Tambey | 73 | 487 | / |
| Tanwei | 73 | 117 | / |
| Tanwet | 73 | 102 | / |
| Taimwa | 73 | 94 | / |
| Tamwoy | 73 | 66 | / |
| Taimbe | 73 | 63 | / |
| Tamway | 73 | 61 | / |
| Tanwey | 73 | 53 | / |
| Teambe | 73 | 44 | / |
| Taambe | 73 | 36 | / |
| Tamwai | 73 | 33 | / |
| Tanmbe | 73 | 29 | / |
| Tambee | 73 | 28 | / |
| Tambhe | 73 | 24 | / |
| Themwe | 73 | 24 | / |
| Tamueh | 73 | 22 | / |
| Tambei | 73 | 22 | / |
| Ttambe | 73 | 16 | / |
| Tamhwa | 73 | 10 | / |
| Tambea | 73 | 9 | / |
| Temwea | 73 | 9 | / |
| Tamuey | 73 | 8 | / |
| Tomwee | 73 | 7 | / |
| Tammbe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Tomhwe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Tamoue | 73 | 4 | / |
| Thanwe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tanweu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tanweh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tamnue | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tomwei | 73 | 2 | / |
| Temweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tahmbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tahnwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tamves | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tamuez | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tomwet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Toomwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thamwai | 67 | 155 | / |
| Thanwet | 67 | 87 | / |
| Teambea | 67 | 21 | / |
| Thanwey | 67 | 14 | / |
| Tammvee | 67 | 12 | / |
| Thomwet | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tamveer | 67 | 3 | / |
| Thaimwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Taimbee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tannmbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taumves | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tanweej | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thaimbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tamwaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tainwei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tahambe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tamnoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tammbey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thanwee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tanwieh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tammway | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Tamwe
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