Taw Surname

36,526th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,440 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Myanmar

Taw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Taw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India8,2271:93,2386,174
Myanmar3,9661:13,096326
Egypt9461:97,1848,316
United States3011:1,204,18385,676
England1411:395,16427,358
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Malaysia1251:235,95413,459
Indonesia951:1,392,09795,389
Hong Kong841:87,3271,583
Philippines801:1,265,47896,721
Taiwan501:468,8953,561
Thailand341:2,077,598243,257
Canada291:1,270,53890,455
Singapore261:211,83510,313
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Niger181:1,066,22323,213
Jamaica161:179,3725,614
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Sudan161:2,344,3874,438
Mauritania151:272,99112,403
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Senegal111:1,325,3953,666
Poland111:3,455,341126,214
China61:227,886,92811,701
Finland61:916,11741,832
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
France21:33,211,361423,184
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England561:435,27425,262
Wales21:784,20816,349
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:2,008,747100,426

Taw (5,660) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thaw8638,930/
Tawe866,130/
Tauw8685/
Htaw8665/
Taiw8624/
Teaw8622/
Taaw866/
Tawf865/
Tawh864/
Tavw861/
Tahw861/
Taww861/
Tayw861/
Taiwe753,084/
Thawe752,399/
Tahaw75140/
Tauwe75122/
Thauw75118/
Htawe7514/
Taïwe759/
Thaiw756/
Tawch756/
Teawe755/
Taawe753/
Tawsh752/
Taywe752/
Tahwe752/
Tgawh751/
Tawfe751/
Tawth751/
Theaw751/
Tab6725,607/
Tav678,048/
Tow674,616/
Taf671,306/
Thawsh6714/
Thauwe674/
Dtauwe671/
Tahawe671/
Thaawe671/
Thahwe671/
Theawe671/

Taw Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Taw in the Tibetan language
ལྟའུ་ta'u72.22
སྟའུ་ta'u5.56
ལྟའུ།ta'u5.56
རྟཝ་tawa2.78
ཏརཝ་tarwa2.78
ལྟཝ་tawa2.78
ཏའུ།ta'u2.78
ལྟ་ta2.78
རྟའུ་ta'u2.78
Taw in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﺎﻭtaw40
ﺗﻮtw20
ﺍﻟﻈﻮalzw20
ﺍﺗﺎﻭataw20
Taw in the Arabic language
طوtw-
عطوtw-
توtw-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Taw
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