Tawema Surname
Approximately 8,913 people bear this surname
Tawema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 8,825 | 1:1,171 | 137 |
| Nigeria | 57 | 1:3,107,768 | 95,628 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tawema (1,442) may also be a first name.
Tawema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tawema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tawema is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tawema? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 56,857th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 817,631 people. Tawema occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tawema live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tawema is also the 205,461st most prevalent forename at a global level, held by 1,442 people.
The surname Tawema is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 8,825 people, or 1 in 1,171. In Benin it is most frequent in: Atakora Department, where 72 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 23 percent reside and Collines Department, where 4 percent reside. Barring Benin this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Tawema
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