Tawana Surname
Approximately 3,054 people bear this surname
Tawana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,412 | 1:38,369 | 4,929 |
| Botswana | 734 | 1:2,979 | 388 |
| Namibia | 316 | 1:7,625 | 1,473 |
| Pakistan | 234 | 1:763,435 | 11,084 |
| Zimbabwe | 149 | 1:103,612 | 14,508 |
| Philippines | 43 | 1:2,354,377 | 127,644 |
| England | 42 | 1:1,326,620 | 59,571 |
| Thailand | 31 | 1:2,278,656 | 255,572 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Afghanistan | 15 | 1:2,143,546 | 15,005 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
Tawana (11,005) may also be a first name.
Tawana Demographics
Tawana Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Tawana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tawana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tawana (Arabic: طعواني, Oriya: ଟାୱାନା) is most common in South Africa. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Tawana.
How Common Is The Last Name Tawana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 145,388th most commonly used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 2,386,230 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Tawana reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Tawana is also the 57,444th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 11,005 people.
The surname Tawana is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,412 people, or 1 in 38,369. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: North West, where 55 percent reside, Northern Cape, where 17 percent reside and Gauteng, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa it occurs in 34 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 24 percent reside and Namibia, where 10 percent reside.
Tawana Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Tawana surname is chiefly Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
The amount Tawana earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 25.25% less than the national average, earning R 177,636 per year and in United States they earn 45.12% less than the national average, earning $23,681 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tawana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tawana in the Oriya language | ||
| ଟାୱାନା | tawana | 50 |
| ତାୱାନା | tawana | 50 |
| Tawana in the Arabic language | ||
| طعواني | twany | - |
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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 Tawana
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