Tawei Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Tawei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Taweï (1) are calculated separately.
Tawei (93) may also be a first name.
Tawei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tawei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tawei (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻃﻮﻝ) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as: Taweï. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tawei? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,555,468th most frequent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 42 percent of Tawei live; 42 percent live in Oceania Islands and 42 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Tawei is also the 986,211th most commonly held forename world-wide, borne by 93 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 339,738. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: West Sepik, where 92 percent reside, West New Britain, where 4 percent reside and Western, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 23 percent reside and Indonesia, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tawei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tawei in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻃﻮﻝ | atwl | - |
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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 Tawei
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