Tawiya Surname
Approximately 263 people bear this surname
Tawiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 210 | 1:336,373 | 58,236 |
| Mauritania | 30 | 1:136,495 | 7,782 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Tawiya (227) may also be a first name.
Tawiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tawiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tawiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺘﺎﻭﻱ, Oriya: ତୱିୟା) is found most frequently in Thailand. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Tawiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tawiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tawiya is the 980,795th most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,709,300 people. Tawiya is mostly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Tawiya reside; 80 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 80 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 596,468th most frequently held forename in the world, borne by 227 people.
The last name Tawiya is most frequent in Thailand, where it is borne by 210 people, or 1 in 336,373. In Thailand Tawiya is mostly found in: Lampang Province, where 49 percent reside, Chiang Rai Province, where 40 percent reside and Bangkok, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Thailand Tawiya occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 11 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tawiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tawiya in the Oriya language | ||
| ତୱିୟା | tawiya | - |
| Tawiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺘﺎﻭﻱ | altawy | 44.44 |
| ﺗﺎﻭﻱ | tawy | 22.22 |
| ﺍﻟﺘﺎﻭﻳﻪ | altawyh | 11.11 |
| ﺍﻟﺘﺎﻭﻳﺔ | altawyt | 11.11 |
| ﺍﺗﺎﻭﻱ | atawy | 11.11 |
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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 Tawiya
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