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 last name Tanwie (Bengali: তন্বী) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Tanwie.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanwie? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 514,664th most numerous last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 11,494,552 people. It occurs mostly 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 prevalent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 26 people.
The surname Tanwie is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 632 people, or 1 in 32,862. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 71 percent are found, Centre Region, where 12 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon Tanwie occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
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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