Tanawa Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Tanawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Japan | 16 | 1:7,990,268 | 43,922 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tanawa (73) may also be a first name.
Tanawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tanawa (Oriya: ତନଓା) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,414,640th most widely held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. Tanawa is predominantly found in Asia, where 52 percent of Tanawa reside; 29 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 29 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Tanawa is also the 1,134,117th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 73 people.
Tanawa is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea Tanawa is primarily found in: Madang, where 61 percent are found and Enga, where 39 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Japan, where 25 percent are found and Indonesia, where 22 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tanawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tanawa in the Oriya language | ||
| ତନଓା | tanaoa | 50 |
| ତନୱା | tanawa | 50 |
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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 Tanawa
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