Tornwe Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Tornwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Tornwe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080

Tornwe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tornwe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tornwe occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tornwe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,723,624th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Tornwe live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Tornwe is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 83 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Tornwe occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 13 percent reside and England, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tornwee9235/
Torinwe922/
Tornue8323/
Turnwe833/
Thornw830/
Tornbe830/
Turnwer771/
Tornwaa771/
Tornwii771/
Thornbe770/
Thornver711/
Thornbee711/
Thornbey710/
Tarnue673,146/
Tornby6746/
Tahrnweed672/
Ternue672/
Tarnve671/
Thornwait670/
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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 Tornwe
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