Taweka Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Taweka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 39 | 1:1,001,007 | 43,411 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Taweka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taweka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Taweka occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Taweka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,017,195th most common family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname Taweka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Taweka reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Taweka is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 1,001,007. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Kamuli District, where 59 percent are found, Kampala District, where 13 percent are found and Mayuge District, where 8 percent are found. Barring Uganda this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 5 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 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
- 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 Taweka
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