Taouay Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Taouay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Taouay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taouay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Taouay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻄﻮﺍﻱ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Taouay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Taouay is the 7,117,718th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Taouay is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Taouay live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Taouay is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 682,477. In Mauritania it is most common in: Trarza Region, where 100 percent live. Outside of Mauritania Taouay is found in one country. It is also common in Morocco, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Taouay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Taouay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻄﻮﺍﻱ | altway | - |
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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 Taouay
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