Tawaye Surname
Approximately 8,521 people bear this surname
Tawaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 8,310 | 1:2,310 | 244 |
| Nigeria | 152 | 1:1,165,413 | 47,471 |
| Mauritania | 30 | 1:136,495 | 7,782 |
| Benin | 16 | 1:645,975 | 38,126 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
The alternate forms: Tawayé (13) are calculated separately.
Tawaye (1,524) may also be a first name.
Tawaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tawaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tawaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻄﻮﺍﻱ) is found in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Tawayé. Click here to see other potential spellings of Tawaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Tawaye? popularity and diffusion
Tawaye is the 59,236th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 855,245 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tawaye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 198,786th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 1,524 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 8,310 people, or 1 in 2,310. In Niger Tawaye is mostly found in: Maradi Region, where 32 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 29 percent are found and Dosso Region, where 24 percent are found. Aside from Niger it is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and Mauritania, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tawaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tawaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻄﻮﺍﻱ | altway | 70 |
| ﺍﻃﻮﺍﻱ | atway | 20 |
| ﻃﻮﺍﻱ | tway | 10 |
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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 Tawaye
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