Tiewe Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Tiewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
Tiewe (25) may also be a first name.
Tiewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tiewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tiewe is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tiewe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,718,172nd most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. Tiewe is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Tiewe are found; 65 percent are found in Central Africa and 65 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring forename world-wide, borne by 25 people.
The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 629,366. In Cameroon Tiewe is most numerous in: West Region, where 88 percent are found, East Region, where 3 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 27 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 8 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 Tiewe
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