Tuwan Surname
Approximately 412 people bear this surname
Tuwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 187 | 1:947,287 | 40,584 |
| Philippines | 110 | 1:920,347 | 82,471 |
| Indonesia | 79 | 1:1,674,040 | 109,461 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Tuwan (1,946) may also be a first name.
Tuwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tuwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tuwan (Hindi: तुवान) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tuwan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tuwan is the 711,133rd most frequently held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 17,688,218 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 48 percent of Tuwan live; 46 percent live in Southeast Asia and 45 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 171,852nd most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 1,946 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 187 people, or 1 in 947,287. In Nigeria Tuwan is most frequent in: Plateau, where 71 percent reside, Bauchi, where 11 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it exists in 14 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 27 percent reside and Indonesia, where 19 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tuwan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tuwan in the Hindi language | ||
| तुवान | tuvana | - |
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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 Tuwan
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