Tuwei Surname
Approximately 10,258 people bear this surname
Tuwei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 9,964 | 1:4,635 | 665 |
| Nigeria | 254 | 1:697,412 | 32,206 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Tuwei (4,461) may also be a first name.
Tuwei Demographics
Tuwei Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Tuwei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tuwei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tuwei is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tuwei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 50,083rd most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 710,426 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tuwei live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 103,107th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 4,461 people.
The surname Tuwei is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 9,964 people, or 1 in 4,635. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Uasin Gishu County, where 46 percent reside, Nandi County, where 30 percent reside and Trans Nzoia County, where 9 percent reside. Besides Kenya this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Tuwei Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Tuwei surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Tuwei earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.16% less than the national average, earning $37,469 USD per year.
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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 Tuwei
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