Tawena Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Tawena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 103 | 1:100,346 | 11,409 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Tawena (29) may also be a first name.
Tawena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tawena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tawena occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tawena? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,775,494th most prevalent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The last name Tawena is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Tawena are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most prevalent given name throughout the world, borne by 29 people.
It is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 103 people, or 1 in 100,346. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Atakora Department, where 83 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 16 percent reside and Collines Department, where 1 percent reside. Barring Benin this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 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 Tawena
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