Tewai Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Tewai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Tewai (65) may also be a first name.
Tewai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tewai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tewai is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tewai.
How Common Is The Last Name Tewai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,373,373rd most frequent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 44 percent of Tewai reside; 35 percent reside in West Africa and 35 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Tewai is also the 1,212,820th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 65 people.
It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 100 percent are found. Beside Cameroon it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 32 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 15 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 Tewai
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