Tawu Surname

529,538th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 611 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Tawu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tawu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1971:671,31652,436
DR Congo1571:470,57138,110
Zimbabwe1331:116,07715,782
South Africa331:1,641,74981,435
Uganda281:1,394,26052,673
Cameroon181:1,153,83770,128
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
China21:683,660,78330,601
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Tawu (154) may also be a first name.

Tawu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tawu occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Tawu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tawu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 529,538th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 11,927,244 people. Tawu is predominantly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Tawu live; 33 percent live in Southeast Asia and 32 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tawu is also the 740,891st most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 154 people.

This last name is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 197 people, or 1 in 671,316. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 97 percent are found, Central Kalimantan, where 2 percent are found and Southeast Sulawesi, where 1 percent are found. Other than Indonesia this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 26 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 22 percent are found.

Tawu Last Name Statistics demography

Tawu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 70.43% less than the national average, earning R 70,272 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tawou89123/
Thawu89111/
Tawau89102/
Taiwu8942/
Taawu8915/
Tawuh8913/
Tawuu897/
Taweu895/
Tawup892/
Tawui891/
Tauwu891/
Teawu891/
Taiwou809/
Tauwou808/
Tawouz805/
Tawhud804/
Taiwau802/
Tawout802/
Tauwus801/
Tahawu801/
Tahwui801/
Teawou801/
Tawouh801/
Tabu7571,722/
Tewu751,379/
Tavu75370/
Towu75128/
Tauhwud736/
Tachwut731/
Taabu6712,662/
Taibu675,377/
Tabou672,417/
Tavus671,337/
Tavut67810/
Towou67808/
Tavuz67541/
Tewuh67434/
Taavu67259/
Tavui67256/
Tabau67223/
Tabeu67167/
Tabhu67154/
Tawoe67119/
Thewu67115/
Tabuy6795/
Tobau6791/
Thavu6746/
Tavau6741/
Thowu6729/
Towau6728/
Tabui6726/
Tawoo6724/
Taivu6722/
Tavup6721/
Towui6713/
Toweu6711/
Towus6710/
Teewu6710/
Touwu678/
Ttabu675/
Teiwu675/
Tewau673/
Tavou673/
Ttavu673/
Taubu672/
Tewui672/
Taybu672/
Tovau672/
Teuwu671/
Tavuş671/
Teabu671/
Towuh671/
Towut671/
Tevau671/
Teweu671/
Tewuu671/
Tabuj671/
Tavhu671/
Tahbu671/
Htabu671/

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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 Tawu
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