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 surname Tawai is most common in Kenya. It may be found in the variant forms: Tawaï. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tawai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tawai is the 230,222nd most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,145,362 people. This last name is predominantly 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 prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 617 people.
This last name is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 559 people, or 1 in 82,612. In Kenya Tawai is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 72 percent reside, Bungoma County, where 25 percent reside and Nakuru County, where 2 percent reside. Not including Kenya this surname is found in 21 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 18 percent reside and Nigeria, where 12 percent reside.
Tawai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Tawai last name is chiefly 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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