Tawai Surname
Approximately 1,758 people bear this surname
Tawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 559 | 1:82,612 | 7,595 |
| Thailand | 318 | 1:222,133 | 37,379 |
| Nigeria | 206 | 1:859,916 | 37,696 |
| Papua New Guinea | 198 | 1:41,180 | 5,013 |
| Malaysia | 163 | 1:180,946 | 10,856 |
| Cameroon | 87 | 1:238,725 | 23,654 |
| Niger | 60 | 1:319,867 | 9,444 |
| Indonesia | 53 | 1:2,495,268 | 147,726 |
| Iran | 51 | 1:1,505,540 | 59,762 |
| Solomon Islands | 26 | 1:22,309 | 4,345 |
| Tunisia | 21 | 1:29,077 | 4,362 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
The alternate forms: Tawaï (3) are calculated separately.
Tawai (617) may also be a first name.
Tawai Demographics
Tawai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Tawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tawai is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Tawaï. For other possible spellings of Tawai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tawai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tawai is the 230,222nd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 4,145,362 people. The last name Tawai is mostly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Tawai are found; 32 percent are found in East Africa and 32 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 336,019th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 617 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 559 people, or 1 in 82,612. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kakamega County, where 72 percent live, Bungoma County, where 25 percent live and Nakuru County, where 2 percent live. Excluding Kenya this last name occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 18 percent live and Nigeria, where 12 percent live.
Tawai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Tawai
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