Tanwal Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

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

Tanwal Surname User-submission:

The sirname Tanwal belongs to the people of the Thakur caste of the Hindu religion. Mainly originated somewhere in Rajasthan and Haryana around the time of the Ashokan Empire, now most of them reside in Uttrakhand and Uttar Pradesh. The people of this Thakur clan are considered the lost descendents of the Aryans.

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Tanwal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India421:18,263,461278,402
Papua New Guinea211:388,27250,829
France11:66,422,722504,397
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Tanwal Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The sirname Tanwal belongs to the people of the Thakur caste of the Hindu religion. Mainly originated somewhere in Rajasthan and Haryana around the time of the Ashokan Empire, now most of them reside in Uttrakhand and Uttar Pradesh. The people of this Thakur clan are considered the lost descendents of the Aryans. Bearing the true features that is unmistakably as the texts claims of Aryans. They posses dark hazel eyes, fair skin colour, dark long hairs, tall stature, prominent veins on forearms and immense strength despite of their skinny fit body appearance. All over these hundreds of years these people have retained their distinctive physical features which is remarkable even in the world of science and genetics.

The people of this clan are mostly engaged in agriculture and many are also elite soldiers in the army of India.

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The Tanwal surname belongs to a Royal Thakur Caste.

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Tanwal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tanwal (Hindi: टनवाल) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Tanwal.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanwal? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,372,517th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 66 percent of Tanwal live; 66 percent live in South Asia and 65 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 18,263,461. In India it is primarily found in: Uttarkhand, where 40 percent live, Delhi, where 36 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account India this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 32 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thanwal9238/
Tanwall921/
Tanwalt920/
Thanwald860/
Tanual8344/
Tanbal8314/
Tanval831/
Tonwal831/
Thanval7729/
Tanvald778/
Tanvale775/
Tainval775/
Tonwald775/
Tannual774/
Teanual774/
Tausenwald751/
Tangnual712/
Thonwual711/
Thainual711/
Tahanbal711/
Teanvalt710/
Tambal6710,196/
Tonual6745/
Tonval671/

Tanwal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tanwal in the Hindi language
टनवालtanavala62.5
तनवालtanavala37.5

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