Tanwa Surname
Approximately 262 people bear this surname
Tanwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 71 | 1:2,494,968 | 82,261 |
| Cameroon | 70 | 1:296,701 | 27,784 |
| Benin | 61 | 1:169,436 | 16,929 |
| Pakistan | 35 | 1:5,104,111 | 32,876 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Tanwa (3,287) may also be a first name.
Tanwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tanwa (Marathi: तंवा) is most common in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 983,245th most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 27,815,061 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Tanwa reside; 61 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tanwa is also the 124,813th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 3,287 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 2,494,968. In Nigeria Tanwa is mostly found in: Lagos, where 46 percent are found, Ogun, where 27 percent are found and Benue, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 27 percent are found and Benin, where 23 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tanwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tanwa in the Marathi language | ||
| तंवा | tanva | - |
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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 Tanwa
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