Talwo Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Talwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Talwo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Talwo (48) may also be a first name.

Talwo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Talwo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Talwo is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Talwo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Talwo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,213,395th most frequent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Talwo is predominantly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Talwo are found; 57 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 48 people.

The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Talwo is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 43 percent live, Ondo, where 43 percent live and Oyo, where 14 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Talwot919/
Talwoa911/
Talwood830/
Talbo801,579/
Talvo80483/
Talwa80259/
Tolwo8052/
Tallwood7719/
Talboy73111/
Talboo7383/
Tallbo7361/
Talbou7319/
Talvot7314/
Talvoi732/
Thalwa732/
Tailbo731/
Taluho731/
Tallwa731/
Tailwa731/
Tayluo731/
Talvoy730/
Thailwood710/
Tallboy6741/
Tallvod676/
Tailewa673/
Talvott673/
Talwaha672/
Talbouh671/
Tajlboy671/
Tolwood670/

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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 Talwo
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