Taweye Surname
Approximately 764 people bear this surname
Taweye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 762 | 1:25,186 | 1,494 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Taweye (243) may also be a first name.
Taweye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taweye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Taweye is most common in Niger. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Taweye? popularity and diffusion
Taweye is the 446,308th most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,538,673 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Taweye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 573,164th most widespread given name in the world, borne by 243 people.
The surname Taweye is most commonly used in Niger, where it is borne by 762 people, or 1 in 25,186. In Niger it is most frequent in: Tillabéri Region, where 36 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 19 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 18 percent are found. Not including Niger it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 0 percent are found and The DR Congo, 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 Taweye
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