Tegwi Surname
Approximately 428 people bear this surname
Tegwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 329 | 1:63,128 | 8,034 |
| Nigeria | 97 | 1:1,826,214 | 65,886 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Tegwi (37) may also be a first name.
Tegwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tegwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tegwi is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Tegwi.
How Common Is The Last Name Tegwi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 691,116th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 17,026,976 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tegwi live; 77 percent live in Central Africa and 73 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most commonly occurring given name worldwide, held by 37 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 329 people, or 1 in 63,128. In Cameroon Tegwi is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 60 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 19 percent are found and Centre Region, where 10 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 23 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tegwai | 91 | 6 | / |
| Tegwei | 91 | 6 | / |
| Tegwie | 91 | 3 | / |
| Tagwi | 80 | 452 | / |
| Tekwi | 80 | 204 | / |
| Tegwe | 80 | 167 | / |
| Tegwa | 80 | 129 | / |
| Tegui | 80 | 92 | / |
| Tegbi | 80 | 24 | / |
| Tigwi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tecwi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tiegwaih | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tagwai | 73 | 1,616 | / |
| Tekwie | 73 | 55 | / |
| Tagwoi | 73 | 30 | / |
| Tokgwi | 73 | 19 | / |
| Tekwei | 73 | 17 | / |
| Togwai | 73 | 11 | / |
| Tekwai | 73 | 4 | / |
| Tagwei | 73 | 4 | / |
| Tegwer | 73 | 4 | / |
| Teigui | 73 | 2 | / |
| Teggui | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tiegwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Thegwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Teghwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tigwii | 73 | 1 | / |
| Togwoi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Teagui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taghwi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tagwui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thegui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Teguai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Teghui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Teggwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Teugwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Togwei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thokgwi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tehkwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taggwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taigwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tohgwie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thekgwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teingwe | 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
- 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 Tegwi
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