Thangwa Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Thangwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 93 | 1:496,558 | 25,459 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Thangwa (15) may also be a first name.
Thangwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thangwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Thangwa is found most frequently in Kenya. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thangwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Thangwa is the 1,839,022nd most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Thangwa live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most common first name on earth It is held by 15 people.
The surname Thangwa is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 496,558. In Kenya Thangwa is most frequent in: Nairobi County, where 87 percent are found, Kiambu County, where 4 percent are found and Muranga County, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 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 Thangwa
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