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 last name Tuwai occurs most in Fiji. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tuwai? popularity and diffusion
Tuwai is the 411,077th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 8,583,682 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 87 percent of Tuwai live; 86 percent live in Oceania Islands and 70 percent live in Fiji. It is also the 1,162,016th most frequently held given name in the world It is held by 70 people.
Tuwai is most commonly used in Fiji, where it is held by 597 people, or 1 in 1,498. Besides Fiji Tuwai exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent reside and Kenya, where 7 percent reside.
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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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