Tewe Surname
Approximately 1,592 people bear this surname
Tewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 447 | 1:34,537 | 5,321 |
| Cameroon | 355 | 1:58,504 | 7,534 |
| Nigeria | 316 | 1:560,578 | 27,255 |
| Tanzania | 225 | 1:235,296 | 19,277 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Benin | 32 | 1:322,988 | 25,835 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Tewé (1) are calculated separately.
Tewe (197) may also be a first name.
Tewe Demographics
Average Tewe Salary in
United States
$34,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tewe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺗﻮ) is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Tewé. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tewe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 249,366th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 4,577,604 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Tewe live; 32 percent live in West Africa and 28 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Tewe is also the 646,152nd most commonly held forename globally. It is borne by 197 people.
The last name Tewe is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 447 people, or 1 in 34,537. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Harare Province, where 34 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 22 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 19 percent reside. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 22 percent reside and Nigeria, where 20 percent reside.
Tewe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Tewe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Tewe last name rose 180 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tewe Last Name Statistics demography
Tewe earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tewe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tewe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺗﻮ | atw | 20 |
| ﺗﻮ | tw | 20 |
| ﺍﻟﺘﻮﻩ | altwh | 20 |
| ﺍﻟﺘﻮ | altw | 20 |
| ﺍﺗﻮﻩ | atwh | 20 |
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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 Tewe
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