Tuwai Surname
Approximately 849 people bear this surname
Tuwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji | 597 | 1:1,498 | 200 |
| Papua New Guinea | 136 | 1:59,954 | 7,710 |
| Kenya | 58 | 1:796,205 | 31,724 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tuwai (70) may also be a first name.
Tuwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tuwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tuwai occurs most in Fiji. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tuwai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 411,077th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 8,583,682 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 87 percent of Tuwai are found; 86 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 70 percent are found in Fiji. Tuwai is also the 1,162,016th most frequently held forename throughout the world, held by 70 people.
The surname Tuwai is most frequently held in Fiji, where it is held by 597 people, or 1 in 1,498. Aside from Fiji Tuwai exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent are found and Kenya, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Tuwai
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