Tawa Surname
Approximately 14,497 people bear this surname
Tawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 3,364 | 1:38,004 | 3,431 |
| Indonesia | 2,594 | 1:50,983 | 5,710 |
| Chad | 1,444 | 1:9,413 | 1,247 |
| Nigeria | 1,211 | 1:146,278 | 9,313 |
| Kenya | 870 | 1:53,080 | 5,332 |
| Papua New Guinea | 752 | 1:10,843 | 958 |
| Cameroon | 579 | 1:35,871 | 4,829 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Nepal | 342 | 1:83,278 | 1,929 |
| DR Congo | 308 | 1:239,869 | 23,092 |
| Zimbabwe | 291 | 1:53,052 | 8,048 |
| Tanzania | 261 | 1:202,841 | 17,276 |
| United States | 259 | 1:1,399,455 | 96,631 |
| Philippines | 257 | 1:393,923 | 50,777 |
| Ivory Coast | 248 | 1:93,029 | 4,883 |
| Niger | 154 | 1:124,623 | 4,816 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| New Zealand | 109 | 1:41,544 | 6,955 |
| India | 93 | 1:8,248,015 | 171,602 |
| United Arab Emirates | 89 | 1:102,947 | 8,862 |
| Solomon Islands | 82 | 1:7,074 | 1,084 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Lebanon | 70 | 1:80,530 | 5,381 |
| Liberia | 66 | 1:66,796 | 5,740 |
| Qatar | 62 | 1:38,032 | 3,887 |
| Thailand | 54 | 1:1,308,118 | 185,513 |
| Benin | 44 | 1:234,900 | 21,145 |
| Malaysia | 41 | 1:719,371 | 33,828 |
| South Africa | 31 | 1:1,747,668 | 84,236 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Australia | 22 | 1:1,227,077 | 66,405 |
| Canada | 22 | 1:1,674,800 | 111,190 |
| Afghanistan | 21 | 1:1,531,104 | 12,360 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Burkina Faso | 12 | 1:1,529,342 | 12,810 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Jordan | 4 | 1:2,210,609 | 20,372 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Tawa (68,475) may also be a first name.
Tawa Demographics
Tawa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Tawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tawa (Arabic: توا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻭﻩ, Hindi: तवा, Oriya: ତୱା, Tibetan: བལྟ་བ།) is found in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 36,381st most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 502,693 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 48 percent of Tawa live; 27 percent live in West Africa and 23 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 14,125th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 68,475 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Japan, where it is held by 3,364 people, or 1 in 38,004. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Osaka Prefecture, where 23 percent live, Kyoto Prefecture, where 13 percent live and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 11 percent live. Apart from Japan this surname occurs in 71 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 18 percent live and Chad, where 10 percent live.
Tawa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Christian (88%) in Kenya and Melkite Greek Catholic (88%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Tawa surname are 10.3% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.53% being registered with the political party.
The amount Tawa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 83.89% less than the national average, earning R 38,280 per year; in United States they earn 24.81% more than the national average, earning $53,856 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.33% more than the national average, earning $60,778 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tawa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺎﻭﻩ | tawh | - |
| Tawa in the Oriya language | ||
| ତୱା | tawa | - |
| Tawa in the Hindi language | ||
| तवा | tava | 40 |
| तावा | tava | 40 |
| टावा | tava | 20 |
| Tawa in the Tibetan language | ||
| བལྟ་བ། | tawa | 33.33 |
| བལྟ་བ་ | tawa | 16.67 |
| ཏ་བ། | tawa | 16.67 |
| ཏ་བ་ | tawa | 16.67 |
| རྟ་བ་ | tawa | 16.67 |
| Tawa in the Arabic language | ||
| توا | twa | - |
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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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