Tawiye Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Tawiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Tawiye (11) may also be a first name.
Tawiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tawiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tawiye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻭﻳﻪ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Tawiye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tawiye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most commonly used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Tawiye reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 11 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania Tawiye is most numerous in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 50 percent are found and Tagant Region, where 50 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania Tawiye exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 25 percent are found and Niger, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tawiye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tawiye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺎﻭﻳﻪ | tawyh | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﺘﺎﻭﻱ | altawy | 50 |
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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 Tawiye
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