Tikwase Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Tikwase Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Tikwase (156) may also be a first name.
Tikwase Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tikwase Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tikwase is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Tikwase click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tikwase? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tikwase is the 6,723,624th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Tikwase occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tikwase live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tikwase is also the 735,679th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 156 people.
The surname Tikwase is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 86 percent are found and Kogi, where 14 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tikwas | 92 | 2 | / |
| Tukwase | 86 | 363 | / |
| Tikwasi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tukwasse | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tukwaise | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tyokwasea | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tukwasi | 71 | 10 | / |
| Tekwash | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tyocwase | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tikweshi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tigbas | 62 | 117 | / |
| Ticuas | 62 | 70 | / |
| Tiguas | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tegwas | 62 | 1 | / |
| Thukwuashi | 59 | 3 | / |
| Tekuash | 57 | 4 | / |
| Teiguas | 57 | 1 | / |
| Tyokuas | 57 | 1 | / |
| Tigwaza | 57 | 1 | / |
| Tukwazi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Tygbasie | 53 | 15 | / |
| Tukuhaise | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Tikwase
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