Tarwiwa Surname

2,580,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Tarwiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tarwiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe551:280,69528,958
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tarwiwa (14) may also be a first name.

Tarwiwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tarwiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Tarwiwa is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Tarwiwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tarwiwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,580,327th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The last name Tarwiwa is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Tarwiwa are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring given name at a global level, held by 14 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 280,695. In Zimbabwe Tarwiwa is most common in: Harare Province, where 53 percent are found, Manicaland Province, where 31 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 16 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Torwiwa862/
Tarwewa862/
Torwiwat8028/
Tarbiva712/
Tarwoiue671/
Tarwuwoh671/
Tarueva571/
Tarvivi571/
Tarbivo571/
Tarbibi571/
Tarbeeva531,061/
Torweibe532/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Tarwiwa
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