Tawanai Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Tawanai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Tawanai (30) may also be a first name.
Tawanai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tawanai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tawanai occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tawanai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tawanai is the 3,665,662nd most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Tawanai occurs mostly in Oceania, where 66 percent of Tawanai are found; 66 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 66 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Tawanai is also the 1,911,214th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 30 people.
The last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 429,143. In Papua New Guinea Tawanai is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 84 percent are found, Bougainville, where 5 percent are found and Enga, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 31 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 3 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 Tawanai
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