Tawe Surname
Approximately 6,130 people bear this surname
Tawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,249 | 1:4,596 | 603 |
| Cameroon | 1,712 | 1:12,131 | 1,638 |
| India | 542 | 1:1,415,250 | 54,195 |
| Tanzania | 374 | 1:141,555 | 12,992 |
| Papua New Guinea | 311 | 1:26,218 | 2,922 |
| Indonesia | 218 | 1:606,648 | 48,159 |
| South Africa | 122 | 1:444,080 | 37,713 |
| Nigeria | 121 | 1:1,463,990 | 56,236 |
| Brazil | 116 | 1:1,845,468 | 59,486 |
| Philippines | 100 | 1:1,012,382 | 86,556 |
| Burkina Faso | 96 | 1:191,168 | 4,278 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Zimbabwe | 29 | 1:532,353 | 42,865 |
| Taiwan | 16 | 1:1,465,297 | 9,806 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
The alternate forms: Tawé (1) are calculated separately.
Tawe (1,222) may also be a first name.
Tawe Demographics
Average Tawe Salary in
United States
$36,667 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tawe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻭﻩ) is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Tawé. For other possible spellings of Tawe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tawe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 79,559th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,188,833 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Tawe live; 42 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tawe is also the 226,387th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 1,222 people.
The last name Tawe is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 2,249 people, or 1 in 4,596. In Benin it is primarily found in: Atakora Department, where 69 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 17 percent are found and Alibori Department, where 9 percent are found. Not including Benin it is found in 37 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 28 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.
Tawe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Tawe has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname contracted 94 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Tawe Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Tawe earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 18.65% less than the national average, earning R 193,320 per year and in United States they earn 15.02% less than the national average, earning $36,667 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tawe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tawe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺎﻭﻩ | tawh | - |
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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 Tawe
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