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
The last name Taw (Arabic: طو, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻭ, Tibetan: ལྟའུ་) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Taw? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 36,526th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 504,678 people. The last name Taw is predominantly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Taw live; 84 percent live in South Asia and 57 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Taw is also the 88,935th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 5,660 people.
This surname is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 8,227 people, or 1 in 93,238. In India Taw is mostly concentrated in: Assam, where 87 percent are found, Arunachal Pradesh, where 13 percent are found and Jharkhand, where 0 percent are found. Other than India Taw is found in 54 countries. It is also found in Myanmar, where 27 percent are found and Egypt, where 7 percent are found.
Taw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Taw has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Taw surname increased 1,204 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 252 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Taw Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Taw last name are 15.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national 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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- 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 Taw
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