Thawi Surname
Approximately 5,171 people bear this surname
Thawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,588 | 1:6,615 | 948 |
| Thailand | 2,461 | 1:28,703 | 2,802 |
| Zimbabwe | 45 | 1:343,072 | 32,830 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Taiwan | 22 | 1:1,065,670 | 7,365 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Thawi (180,874) may also be a first name.
Thawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Thawi occurs most in Malawi. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Thawi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Thawi is the 92,412th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 1,409,311 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 51 percent of Thawi live; 51 percent live in Southern Africa and 51 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 5,800th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 180,874 people.
Thawi is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is held by 2,588 people, or 1 in 6,615. Apart from Malawi this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 48 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.
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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 Thawi
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