Tawum Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Tawum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 76 | 1:273,277 | 26,204 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Tawum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tawum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tawum is most common in Cameroon. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tawum? popularity and diffusion
Tawum is the 2,007,164th most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Tawum live; 87 percent live in Central Africa and 87 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 76 people, or 1 in 273,277. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 64 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 30 percent reside and Centre Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 10 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tawume | 91 | 7 | / |
| Tawoum | 91 | 2 | / |
| Tawun | 80 | 58 | / |
| Tavum | 80 | 14 | / |
| Tabum | 80 | 8 | / |
| Tewum | 80 | 3 | / |
| Taboum | 73 | 18 | / |
| Tawoun | 73 | 17 | / |
| Towoum | 73 | 5 | / |
| Taiwom | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tawunt | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tabaum | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tewoum | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tavusm | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tabujm | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tawgun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tawaun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tauvum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tavaum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thawung | 67 | 5 | / |
| Thavaum | 67 | 4 | / |
| Taiwoem | 67 | 3 | / |
| Thawaun | 67 | 2 | / |
| Teawhun | 67 | 2 | / |
| Thaboum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teuwoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tabhhum | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tawum
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