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) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tanwie? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 514,664th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 11,494,552 people. The last name 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 commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 26 people.
This last name is most widespread 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 reside, Centre Region, where 12 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 11 percent reside. Barring Cameroon Tanwie occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 0 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
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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