Tawaia Surname
Approximately 315 people bear this surname
Tawaia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiribati | 257 | 1:441 | 112 |
| Solomon Islands | 35 | 1:16,572 | 3,167 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Nauru | 1 | 1:11,879 | 452 |
Tawaia (551) may also be a first name.
Tawaia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tawaia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tawaia occurs most in Kiribati. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tawaia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 862,604th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,135,066 people. The surname Tawaia occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Tawaia live; 100 percent live in Oceania Islands and 82 percent live in Micronesia. Tawaia is also the 358,643rd most prevalent forename throughout the world. It is borne by 551 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Kiribati, where it is borne by 257 people, or 1 in 441. Other than Kiribati this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 11 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 7 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
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- 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 Tawaia
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