Tawalia Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Tawalia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 35 | 1:232,963 | 32,024 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
Tawalia (25) may also be a first name.
Tawalia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tawalia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tawalia is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Tawalia click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tawalia? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tawalia is the 2,979,664th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname Tawalia is primarily found in Oceania, where 81 percent of Tawalia live; 81 percent live in Oceania Islands and 81 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 25 people.
Tawalia is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 232,963. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Hela, where 100 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 19 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
- 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 Tawalia
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