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 can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Thawi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 92,412th most widespread last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,409,311 people. The surname Thawi occurs mostly in Africa, where 51 percent of Thawi reside; 51 percent reside in Southern Africa and 51 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Thawi is also the 5,800th most numerous given name at a global level, borne by 180,874 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is held by 2,588 people, or 1 in 6,615. Not including Malawi it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs 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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