Tuwaya Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Tuwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 101 | 1:152,854 | 19,365 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
Tuwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tuwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tuwaya is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tuwaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,775,494th most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. Tuwaya is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Tuwaya live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Tuwaya is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 152,854. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Manicaland Province, where 65 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 21 percent reside and Harare Province, where 13 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe it is found in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Touwaya | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tuway | 91 | 330 | / |
| Tubaya | 83 | 273 | / |
| Tuwuya | 83 | 27 | / |
| Tueway | 83 | 25 | / |
| Tiwaya | 83 | 20 | / |
| Tuwayo | 83 | 12 | / |
| Tuvaya | 83 | 11 | / |
| Tauway | 83 | 11 | / |
| Tuwaye | 83 | 8 | / |
| Tuhway | 83 | 7 | / |
| Tuwayi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Thuway | 83 | 2 | / |
| Touway | 83 | 1 | / |
| Towaya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tuwajy | 83 | 1 | / |
| Touwaye | 77 | 142 | / |
| Tuwiyah | 77 | 116 | / |
| Toubaya | 77 | 103 | / |
| Teubaya | 77 | 18 | / |
| Tuwajiy | 77 | 6 | / |
| Tuhwayo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tuwayod | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tuwaawe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tuwoyaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tauwaye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tuwayop | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tuswayi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tubay | 73 | 5,985 | / |
| Tuwai | 73 | 849 | / |
| Toway | 73 | 215 | / |
| Tiway | 73 | 63 | / |
| Tuwey | 73 | 60 | / |
| Tuvay | 73 | 56 | / |
| Tuwau | 73 | 31 | / |
| Towaa | 73 | 11 | / |
| Tuvaa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Tuwoa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tauwiyah | 71 | 4 | / |
| Tuvayova | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tihuay | 67 | 765 | / |
| Tauwai | 67 | 603 | / |
| Tuiwai | 67 | 258 | / |
| Taubay | 67 | 180 | / |
| Tubaja | 67 | 170 | / |
| Towaye | 67 | 100 | / |
| Tiwayi | 67 | 75 | / |
| Tubuya | 67 | 48 | / |
| Tuboya | 67 | 32 | / |
| Tuweyo | 67 | 27 | / |
| Tubaia | 67 | 22 | / |
| Touwai | 67 | 21 | / |
| Toeway | 67 | 14 | / |
| Tuwaji | 67 | 14 | / |
| Touvay | 67 | 13 | / |
| Thuwae | 67 | 12 | / |
| Tuwajo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Towaai | 67 | 9 | / |
| Tauvaa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Toubay | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tubayo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tiwayo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tubiya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tivaya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Toweya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Towhaa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tuvaia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tuweia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tubeya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tiwiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thuwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuweiy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thoway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tauwey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuweah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tauwea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tiwaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tuwawe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teuwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Touwey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Towaay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Towaia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Towaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Towayo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tuwaya
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