Tinwa Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
Tinwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 125 | 1:166,153 | 17,852 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tinwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tinwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tinwa (Arabic: تينوا) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tinwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,511,557th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. Tinwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Tinwa live; 49 percent live in West Africa and 41 percent live in Chadic Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 166,153. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 53 percent reside, Centre Region, where 20 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 4 percent reside and Chad, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tinway | 91 | 117 | / |
| Thinwa | 91 | 109 | / |
| Tionwa | 91 | 16 | / |
| Tainwa | 91 | 3 | / |
| Tinwai | 91 | 3 | / |
| Tinwas | 91 | 2 | / |
| Tnwa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tainewa | 83 | 72 | / |
| Tienwua | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tinnwat | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tenwa | 80 | 709 | / |
| Tinwo | 80 | 70 | / |
| Timwa | 80 | 50 | / |
| Tinwe | 80 | 30 | / |
| Tinua | 80 | 18 | / |
| Tinba | 80 | 4 | / |
| Tnwai | 80 | 2 | / |
| Tinwi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tenwah | 73 | 360 | / |
| Timwat | 73 | 208 | / |
| Timway | 73 | 41 | / |
| Tenway | 73 | 35 | / |
| Tenhwa | 73 | 33 | / |
| Tinwet | 73 | 25 | / |
| Teenwa | 73 | 19 | / |
| Tenwaa | 73 | 6 | / |
| Tinuat | 73 | 4 | / |
| Tainwo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Tennwa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tenwha | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tenwai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tinwei | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tenwaz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tenwap | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tinbaj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tinweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tinuha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tinuay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Timwua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tinbau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Teinwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tienua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thimwat | 67 | 257 | / |
| Thenwat | 67 | 19 | / |
| Tyneway | 67 | 11 | / |
| Teenwaa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tyonwua | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tnva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tnwi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Thinwer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tenwach | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tienwei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tainwei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tnba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teenway | 67 | 1 | / |
Tinwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tinwa in the Arabic language | ||
| تينوا | tynwa | - |
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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
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- 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 Tinwa
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