Tawasa Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Tawasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Tawasa (138) may also be a first name.
Tawasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tawasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tawasa occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Tawasa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tawasa? popularity and diffusion
Tawasa is the 1,305,105th most prevalent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 42,124,543 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Tawasa reside; 76 percent reside in Southern Africa and 76 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 787,636th most common first name world-wide, borne by 138 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Barring Malawi this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live and Indonesia, where 7 percent live.
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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 Tawasa
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