Tawiah Surname

11,816th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47,554 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Tawiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tawiah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana46,6891:57977
United States3171:1,143,40482,127
England2951:188,87516,792
Nigeria551:3,220,77797,902
Canada341:1,083,69479,951
Germany301:2,683,515132,064
Spain181:2,597,33559,996
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Belgium131:884,35769,774
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Ivory Coast71:3,295,89046,139
Norway71:734,61250,907
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Tawiah (5,248) may also be a first name.

Tawiah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tawiah Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tawiah occurs more in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tawiah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 11,816th most commonly held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 153,248 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Tawiah live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 93,345th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 5,248 people.

Tawiah is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is borne by 46,689 people, or 1 in 579. Without taking into account Ghana this last name is found in 41 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Tawiah Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Tawiah surname are 3.29% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 56.52% registered with the political party.

The amount Tawiah earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 27.09% less than the national average, earning 252,314 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 76.62% less than the national average, earning R 55,560 per year; in United States they earn 10.63% more than the national average, earning $47,735 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.61% more than the national average, earning $49,988 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thawiah925/
Tawia912,250/
Thawihah861/
Tewiah83655/
Taiwia83236/
Tawija83145/
Thawia83104/
Towiah8346/
Tawiha8325/
Taviah8320/
Tawuia834/
Taweah832/
Tauwia831/
Tawiae831/
Tawiahová801/
Tayviah77910/
Thawiha77288/
Toewiah7781/
Teewiah7723/
Tayweah7711/
Tawaaia771/
Tawihay771/
Taviaha771/
Tawaiya771/
Taawiha771/
Taybiah771/
Towieah771/
Tabia734,849/
Tawio73954/
Tavia73341/
Towia7323/
Tewia734/
Tawya733/
Tawja731/
Taiveaho714/
Taweeiap711/
Tobayiah711/
Teewia6762/
Tawyea6752/
Taweya6730/
Taviad6726/
Tabiaa6711/
Taabia679/
Taiwio679/
Tabija677/
Tauvia677/
Toweah676/
Taibia675/
Taybia675/
Thawio675/
Tawuio675/
Taivia675/
Tawjai673/
Toviah673/
Tawhea672/
Tabiea672/
Tabiha672/
Tahvia672/
Tawyat672/
Tavija671/
Taviea671/
Tayuia671/
Taweja671/
Tawioo671/
Towyah671/
Tewija671/
Tojwia671/
Tabiho671/
Taevia671/
Tauwea671/
Taubia671/
Taviat671/
Toweia671/
Teweah671/
Thawya671/
Tayvia670/

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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
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  • 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 Tawiah
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