Tanwei Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Tanwei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 96 | 1:1,845,237 | 66,383 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Tanwei (3,067) may also be a first name.
Tanwei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanwei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tanwei occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Tanwei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanwei? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tanwei is the 1,683,218th most widespread last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Tanwei are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 130,317th most widespread first name globally It is held by 3,067 people.
Tanwei is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 1,845,237. In Nigeria Tanwei is most frequent in: Ondo, where 51 percent are found, Delta, where 28 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 18 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in China, where 8 percent are found and Indonesia, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Tanwei
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