Taway Surname
Approximately 1,221 people bear this surname
Taway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 672 | 1:150,652 | 25,159 |
| Niger | 308 | 1:62,312 | 2,926 |
| Thailand | 96 | 1:735,816 | 120,839 |
| Mauritania | 66 | 1:62,043 | 4,323 |
| Liberia | 49 | 1:89,970 | 7,357 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Taway (273) may also be a first name.
Taway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taway Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Taway (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻄﻮﺍﻱ) is found most frequently in The Philippines. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Taway? popularity and diffusion
It is the 308,931st most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 5,968,506 people. Taway is predominantly found in Asia, where 64 percent of Taway are found; 64 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 53 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 537,992nd most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 273 people.
The last name Taway is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 672 people, or 1 in 150,652. In The Philippines Taway is mostly found in: Bicol, where 29 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 29 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 24 percent reside. Outside of The Philippines this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 25 percent reside and Thailand, where 8 percent reside.
Taway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Taway has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Taway surname expanded 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Taway Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Taway in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻄﻮﺍﻱ | altway | 54.55 |
| ﺍﻃﻮﺍﻱ | atway | 36.36 |
| ﻃﻮﺍﻱ | tway | 9.09 |
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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 Taway
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