Tawala Surname
Approximately 364 people bear this surname
Tawala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 69 | 1:118,170 | 16,048 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Thailand | 53 | 1:1,332,799 | 187,598 |
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| Indonesia | 44 | 1:3,005,664 | 168,399 |
| Philippines | 24 | 1:4,218,259 | 160,165 |
| Austria | 16 | 1:532,215 | 49,801 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Tawala (150) may also be a first name.
Tawala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tawala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tawala (Arabic: توالي, Tibetan: ལྟའུ་ལ།) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tawala? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tawala is the 778,856th most frequently held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 20,020,731 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 38 percent of Tawala are found; 34 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 20 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Tawala is also the 752,187th most common first name at a global level, borne by 150 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 118,170. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Bougainville, where 48 percent live, West Sepik, where 39 percent live and West New Britain, where 9 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 15 percent live and Thailand, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tawala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tawala in the Tibetan language | ||
| ལྟའུ་ལ། | ta'ula | - |
| Tawala in the Arabic language | ||
| توالي | twaly | - |
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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 Tawala
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