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 surname Tauwan has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Tauwan.
How Common Is The Last Name Tauwan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tauwan is the 4,649,889th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. Tauwan is mostly found in Oceania, where 83 percent of Tauwan reside; 83 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 83 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,083,225th most frequently used forename world-wide. It is borne by 79 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Bougainville, where 67 percent reside, Enga, where 13 percent reside and Madang, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 17 percent reside.
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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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