Taweye Surname
Approximately 764 people bear this surname
Taweye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 762 | 1:25,186 | 1,494 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Taweye (243) may also be a first name.
Taweye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taweye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Taweye is more commonly found in Niger than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Taweye.
How Common Is The Last Name Taweye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Taweye is the 446,308th most common surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 9,538,673 people. The last name Taweye is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Taweye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Chadic Africa. Taweye is also the 573,164th most frequent first name in the world, held by 243 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Niger, where it is held by 762 people, or 1 in 25,186. In Niger it is most frequent in: Tillabéri Region, where 36 percent reside, Maradi Region, where 19 percent reside and Niamey Capital District, where 18 percent reside. Barring Niger it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 0 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Taweye
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis