Touwa Surname
Approximately 375 people bear this surname
Touwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 134 | 1:143,224 | 5,313 |
| Cameroon | 116 | 1:179,044 | 18,906 |
| Tanzania | 66 | 1:802,146 | 42,626 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Touwa (669) may also be a first name.
Touwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Touwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Touwa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﻩ) is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Touwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 761,666th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 19,433,456 people. Touwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Touwa reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 41 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 320,785th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 669 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Niger, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 143,224. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Agadez Region, where 31 percent live, Tahoua Region, where 25 percent live and Diffa Region, where 16 percent live. Excluding Niger Touwa exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 31 percent live and Tanzania, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Touwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Touwa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻮﻩ | twh | 37.5 |
| ﺍﺗﻮﻯ | atwy | 12.5 |
| ﺗﻮﻭﺍ | twwa | 12.5 |
| ﺍﺗﻮﻩ | atwh | 12.5 |
| ﺗﻮﺍ | twa | 12.5 |
| ﺍﻟﺘﻮﻩ | altwh | 12.5 |
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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 Touwa
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