Tawaya Surname
Approximately 244 people bear this surname
Tawaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 93 | 1:1,904,761 | 67,919 |
| Uganda | 73 | 1:534,785 | 29,774 |
| Tanzania | 51 | 1:1,038,071 | 45,916 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Tawaya (36) may also be a first name.
Tawaya Demographics
Tawaya Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Tawaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tawaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tawaya is found most in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Tawaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tawaya? popularity and diffusion
Tawaya is the 1,032,007th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 29,866,991 people. The last name Tawaya is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Tawaya are found; 52 percent are found in East Africa and 51 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 36 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 1,904,761. In Nigeria Tawaya is most common in: Kano, where 95 percent reside and Zamfara, where 5 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 30 percent reside and Tanzania, where 21 percent reside.
Tawaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Tawaya last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
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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 Tawaya
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