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

Tewal (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﺍﻝ) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tewal? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tewal is the 600,164th most numerous family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 14,068,621 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 93 percent of Tewal reside; 93 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 93 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tewal is also the 1,637,361st most commonly occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 39 people.

The surname Tewal is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is held by 505 people, or 1 in 261,880. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: North Sulawesi, where 90 percent live, Papua, where 5 percent live and Maluku, where 2 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs 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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