Tauwan Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Tauwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
Tauwan (79) may also be a first name.
Tauwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tauwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tauwan is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Tauwan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tauwan? popularity and diffusion
Tauwan is the 4,649,889th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Tauwan occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 83 percent of Tauwan are found; 83 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 83 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Tauwan is also the 1,083,225th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 79 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Bougainville, where 67 percent are found, Enga, where 13 percent are found and Madang, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 17 percent are found.
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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 Tauwan
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