Tawassa Surname

399,716th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 880 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tawassa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tawassa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon8681:23,9273,234
Niger111:1,744,72934,351
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

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 occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Tawassa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tawassa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 399,716th most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 8,281,302 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tawassa are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Tawassa is also the 173,323rd most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 1,919 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 868 people, or 1 in 23,927. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 74 percent are found, North Region, where 22 percent are found and Centre Region, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon Tawassa occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 1 percent are found and Benin, where 0 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 Tawassa
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