Tonawa Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Tonawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 56 | 1:184,564 | 17,920 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
Tonawa (11) may also be a first name.
Tonawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tonawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tonawa is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tonawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tonawa is the 2,220,661st most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The last name Tonawa is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Tonawa reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 11 people.
The surname Tonawa is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 184,564. In Benin it is mostly found in: Atlantique Department, where 68 percent live, Zou Department, where 16 percent live and Mono Department, where 11 percent live. Not including Benin this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 14 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Tonawa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis