Tawassa Surname
Approximately 880 people bear this surname
Tawassa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 868 | 1:23,927 | 3,234 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Tawassa (1,919) may also be a first name.
Tawassa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tawassa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tawassa is most common in Cameroon. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tawassa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tawassa is the 399,716th most widespread last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 8,281,302 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tawassa live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 173,323rd most commonly occurring forename on earth It is held by 1,919 people.
The last name Tawassa is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 868 people, or 1 in 23,927. In Cameroon Tawassa is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 74 percent live, North Region, where 22 percent live and Centre Region, where 3 percent live. Besides Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 1 percent live and Benin, where 0 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 Tawassa
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