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
Tawaia is found in Kiribati more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tawaia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tawaia is the 862,604th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 23,135,066 people. This last name occurs mostly 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 common first name on earth, borne by 551 people.
This last name is most widespread in Kiribati, where it is carried by 257 people, or 1 in 441. Apart from Kiribati this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 11 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent are found.
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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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