Tewal Surname

600,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 518 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Tewal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tewal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia5051:261,88023,736
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Tewal (39) may also be a first name.

Tewal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tewal (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﺍﻝ) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tewal? popularity and diffusion

Tewal is the 600,164th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 14,068,621 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Tewal live; 93 percent live in Southeast Asia and 93 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tewal is also the 1,637,361st most frequently occurring given name world-wide, borne by 39 people.

The last name is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 505 people, or 1 in 261,880. In Indonesia Tewal is primarily found in: North Sulawesi, where 90 percent live, Papua, where 5 percent live and Maluku, where 2 percent live. Not including Indonesia this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tejwal9112/
Dtewal915/
Tewale914/
Thewal914/
Tewall910/
Thewalt83222/
Thewald8389/
Teawalt8313/
Thewall837/
Teejwal837/
Tejwald836/
Thaewal831/
Tewault831/
Thewale831/
Thiewal831/
Teewald831/
Tawal80548/
Tebal80219/
Teval80145/
Towal8069/
Tiwal8025/
Tewol806/
Taheiwal771/
Thewaldt771/
Tieval73521/
Tiwale73461/
Tiwald73143/
Thawal73139/
Theval7368/
Tevald7351/
Tevalt7351/
Tevale7350/
Taiwal7332/
Towail7320/
Tevall7313/
Tebhal7312/
Téwald738/
Towaal736/
Tebaul736/
Tawail736/
Tihwal735/
Towall734/
Tejval733/
Tewole733/
Tawwal733/
Tawall732/
Toweal731/
Taywal731/
Tawaal731/
Tawhal731/
Taawal731/
Tehual731/
Tajwal731/
Tevaul731/
Tahwal731/
Tevault67310/
Thevale6783/
Ttieval6714/
Tiwhale678/
Teivald676/
Teebaal676/
Taewoul675/
Teyvald674/
Tevalle673/
Thiwall672/
Taiswal672/
Tevatil672/
Tahawal671/
Thywald671/
Tayswal671/
Tevhale671/
Tesvahl671/
Tetvaal671/
Thiwale671/
Teavalt670/
Tehualt670/

Tewal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tewal in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻮﺍﻝtwal33.33
ﺍﻃﻮﻝatwl33.33
ﺍﻟﻄﻮﺍﻝaltwal16.67
ﺇﻃﻮﻝatwl16.67

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tewal
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