Where Does The Last Name Tawang Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Tawang (Tibetan: ལྟ་དབང་།) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tawang? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 150,823^rd most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,494,027 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Tawang are found; 93 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 78 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tawang is also the 258,233^rd most frequently occurring given name throughout the world, held by 974 people.

The last name Tawang is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 2,097 people, or 1 in 63,066. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: South Sulawesi, where 74 percent reside, West Java, where 8 percent reside and Bali, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 11 percent reside and Malaysia, where 6 percent reside.