Thawai Surname
Approximately 855 people bear this surname
Thawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 830 | 1:85,106 | 11,672 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Thawai (3,169) may also be a first name.
Thawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Thawai (Marathi: थवई) occurs more in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Thawai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 408,845th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 8,523,446 people. The surname Thawai occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Thawai reside; 97 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 97 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 127,710th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 3,169 people.
The last name is most widespread in Thailand, where it is borne by 830 people, or 1 in 85,106. In Thailand it is mostly concentrated in: Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, where 29 percent live, Chiang Mai Province, where 15 percent live and Kanchanaburi Province, where 14 percent live. Excluding Thailand this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent live and Norway, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thawai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thawai in the Marathi language | ||
| थवई | thava'i | 50 |
| थवाई | thava'i | 25 |
| ठावरी | thavari | 25 |
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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 Thawai
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