Tawek Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tawek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tawek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea261:313,60442,091
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Tawek (22) may also be a first name.

Tawek Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tawek Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tawek (Hindi: टक) is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tawek? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tawek is the 3,485,539th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 91 percent of Tawek live; 91 percent live in Oceania Islands and 91 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Tawek is also the 2,301,746th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 22 people.

It is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 313,604. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Madang, where 96 percent reside and Gulf, where 4 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 9 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taweek9145/
Taweke9130/
Taswek914/
Taweik911/
Taek899,519/
Taweekh835/
Teaweek830/
Tayek80233/
Taiek80213/
Tawik8064/
Tajek8046/
Taweg8024/
Towek8020/
Tavek8016/
Taekh8010/
Htaek803/
Tewek803/
Taweq802/
Thaweesk771/
Tawike7357/
Tabeck7320/
Touwek739/
Tabekh738/
Tayekh735/
Tawegh734/
Tasweq734/
Taweeq733/
Tawick733/
Tauwik733/
Teweik731/
Tawwec731/
Tawiec731/
Tayoek731/
Taveke731/
Tajeke731/
Tajeck731/
Htayek731/
Taheak731/
Tasuek731/
Tayeek731/
Tawaik731/
Htewek731/
Taik672,843/
Tauk67824/
Teik67480/
Teak67451/
Teek67321/
Tiek67303/
Toek67211/
Tajk6735/
Teuk6728/
Touweke677/
Tuek677/
Tayk675/
Taubeak673/
Taec672/
Tyek672/
Taeq672/
Tahbeek671/
Tawegue671/
Teyk671/
Tajekke671/
Taeg671/
Tahawec671/
Taheekh671/
Teawick670/
Teeweek670/

Tawek Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tawek in the Hindi language
टकtaka-

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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 Tawek
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