Taw Surname
Approximately 14,440 people bear this surname
Taw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 8,227 | 1:93,238 | 6,174 |
| Myanmar | 3,966 | 1:13,096 | 326 |
| Egypt | 946 | 1:97,184 | 8,316 |
| United States | 301 | 1:1,204,183 | 85,676 |
| England | 141 | 1:395,164 | 27,358 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Malaysia | 125 | 1:235,954 | 13,459 |
| Indonesia | 95 | 1:1,392,097 | 95,389 |
| Hong Kong | 84 | 1:87,327 | 1,583 |
| Philippines | 80 | 1:1,265,478 | 96,721 |
| Taiwan | 50 | 1:468,895 | 3,561 |
| Thailand | 34 | 1:2,077,598 | 243,257 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Jamaica | 16 | 1:179,372 | 5,614 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Mauritania | 15 | 1:272,991 | 12,403 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Senegal | 11 | 1:1,325,395 | 3,666 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 56 | 1:435,274 | 25,262 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25 | 1:2,008,747 | 100,426 |
Taw (5,660) may also be a first name.
Taw Demographics
Average Taw Salary in
United States
$58,676 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Taw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taw Come From? nationality or country of origin
Taw (Arabic: طو, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻭ, Tibetan: ལྟའུ་) is found most frequently in India. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Taw click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Taw? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 36,526th most prevalent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 504,678 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 88 percent of Taw are found; 84 percent are found in South Asia and 57 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 88,935th most frequently held forename world-wide It is held by 5,660 people.
Taw is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 8,227 people, or 1 in 93,238. In India it is most common in: Assam, where 87 percent are found, Arunachal Pradesh, where 13 percent are found and Jharkhand, where 0 percent are found. Aside from India this surname is found in 54 countries. It also occurs in Myanmar, where 27 percent are found and Egypt, where 7 percent are found.
Taw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Taw has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Taw last name grew 1,204 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 252 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Taw Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Taw last name are 15.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.5% registered with the political party.
The amount Taw earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 35.98% more than the national average, earning $58,676 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.97% less than the national average, earning $38,768 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thaw | 86 | 38,930 | / |
| Tawe | 86 | 6,130 | / |
| Tauw | 86 | 85 | / |
| Htaw | 86 | 65 | / |
| Taiw | 86 | 24 | / |
| Teaw | 86 | 22 | / |
| Taaw | 86 | 6 | / |
| Tawf | 86 | 5 | / |
| Tawh | 86 | 4 | / |
| Tavw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tahw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Taww | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tayw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Taiwe | 75 | 3,084 | / |
| Thawe | 75 | 2,399 | / |
| Tahaw | 75 | 140 | / |
| Tauwe | 75 | 122 | / |
| Thauw | 75 | 118 | / |
| Htawe | 75 | 14 | / |
| Taïwe | 75 | 9 | / |
| Thaiw | 75 | 6 | / |
| Tawch | 75 | 6 | / |
| Teawe | 75 | 5 | / |
| Taawe | 75 | 3 | / |
| Tawsh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Taywe | 75 | 2 | / |
| Tahwe | 75 | 2 | / |
| Tgawh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tawfe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tawth | 75 | 1 | / |
| Theaw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tab | 67 | 25,607 | / |
| Tav | 67 | 8,048 | / |
| Tow | 67 | 4,616 | / |
| Taf | 67 | 1,306 | / |
| Thawsh | 67 | 14 | / |
| Thauwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Dtauwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tahawe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thaawe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thahwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Theawe | 67 | 1 | / |
Taw Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Taw in the Tibetan language | ||
| ལྟའུ་ | ta'u | 72.22 |
| སྟའུ་ | ta'u | 5.56 |
| ལྟའུ། | ta'u | 5.56 |
| རྟཝ་ | tawa | 2.78 |
| ཏརཝ་ | tarwa | 2.78 |
| ལྟཝ་ | tawa | 2.78 |
| ཏའུ། | ta'u | 2.78 |
| ལྟ་ | ta | 2.78 |
| རྟའུ་ | ta'u | 2.78 |
| Taw in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺎﻭ | taw | 40 |
| ﺗﻮ | tw | 20 |
| ﺍﻟﻈﻮ | alzw | 20 |
| ﺍﺗﺎﻭ | ataw | 20 |
| Taw in the Arabic language | ||
| طو | tw | - |
| عطو | tw | - |
| تو | tw | - |
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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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- 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 Taw
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