Tarwai Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Tarwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 17 | 1:259,326 | 15,766 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Tarwai (25) may also be a first name.
Tarwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tarwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tarwai (Marathi: तारवाणी) is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tarwai? popularity and diffusion
Tarwai is the 3,323,005th most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Tarwai live; 51 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most widely held forename world-wide. It is borne by 25 people.
The last name Tarwai is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 259,326. In Liberia Tarwai is most common in: Montserrado County, where 59 percent live, Lofa County, where 29 percent live and Bomi County, where 6 percent live. Apart from Liberia Tarwai is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tarwai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tarwai in the Marathi language | ||
| तारवाणी | taravani | - |
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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 Tarwai
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