Tanwie Surname
Approximately 634 people bear this surname
Tanwie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 632 | 1:32,862 | 4,425 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Tanwie (26) may also be a first name.
Tanwie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tanwie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tanwie (Bengali: তন্বী) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanwie? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 514,664th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 11,494,552 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tanwie live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 26 people.
It is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 632 people, or 1 in 32,862. In Cameroon Tanwie is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 71 percent live, Centre Region, where 12 percent live and Southwest Region, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon Tanwie is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 0 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tanwie Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tanwie in the Bengali language | ||
| তন্বী | tanbi | - |
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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 Tanwie
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