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 in Fiji more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tuwai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tuwai is the 411,077th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 8,583,682 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 87 percent of Tuwai reside; 86 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 70 percent reside in Fiji. Tuwai is also the 1,162,016th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 70 people.
The surname is most numerous in Fiji, where it is borne by 597 people, or 1 in 1,498. Apart from Fiji it exists in 12 countries. It also occurs 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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