Tawk Surname

712,393rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 411 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

Tawk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tawk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Australia251:1,079,82861,253
United States231:15,759,084542,937
France141:4,744,480251,814
Lebanon111:512,46212,816
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Norway81:642,78647,258
United Arab Emirates71:1,308,89651,006
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
England41:13,929,515290,718
Myanmar41:12,984,4961,309
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Tawk (30) may also be a first name.

Tawk Last Name Facts

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

Tawk (Arabic: عتوك) is borne by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tawk? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 712,393rd most widespread last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 17,731,255 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 77 percent of Tawk reside; 75 percent reside in West Asia and 72 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. Tawk is also the 1,911,214th most frequent given name globally, borne by 30 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Saudi Arabia, where it is carried by 278 people, or 1 in 110,992. Barring Saudi Arabia Tawk exists in 29 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Tawk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tawk has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tawk last name expanded 2,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tawk Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Tawk earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 16.71% more than the national average, earning $50,360 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.4% less than the national average, earning $39,550 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tawfk897/
Tawck891/
Thawk890/
Tawke890/
Thawke801/
Towk7518/
Tawq757/
Tabk755/
Tewk754/
Tavk754/
Tafk752/
Taufk6715/
Tavke672/
Tabhk672/
Thawg671/
Towke670/
Towks670/

Tawk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tawk in the Arabic language
عتوكtwk-

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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 Tawk
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