Tawete Surname
Approximately 2,254 people bear this surname
Tawete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,233 | 1:23,709 | 2,916 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tawete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tawete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tawete is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tawete? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 187,667th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,233,161 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tawete are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 2,233 people, or 1 in 23,709. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Ruvuma Region, where 65 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 13 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found and Lesotho, where 0 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 Tawete
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