Thiaw Surname

11,725th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47,915 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Senegal
Highest density in:
Senegal

Thiaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thiaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Senegal46,8891:31157
Mauritania4111:9,9631,029
Spain1571:297,78417,995
France1541:431,31662,491
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
United States581:6,249,292299,206
Brazil221:9,730,651206,332
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Italy151:4,077,113105,022
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
England71:7,959,723202,100
China71:195,331,65210,124
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Greece11:11,079,790145,225

Thiaw (154) may also be a first name.

Thiaw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thiaw (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻴﺎﻭ) is more frequently found in Senegal than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thiaw? popularity and diffusion

The last name Thiaw is the 11,725th most prevalent last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 152,093 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Thiaw reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 740,891st most frequent first name on earth, borne by 154 people.

The surname is most common in Senegal, where it is borne by 46,889 people, or 1 in 311. In Senegal Thiaw is most frequent in: Thiès Region, where 31 percent reside, Dakar Region, where 27 percent reside and Diourbel Region, where 22 percent reside. Beside Senegal this last name occurs in 32 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 1 percent reside and Spain, where 0 percent reside.

Thiaw Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Thiaw last name are 32.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Thiaw earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 67.42% less than the national average, earning R 77,424 per year and in United States they earn 32.02% less than the national average, earning $29,333 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thiawe911/
Tiaw89362/
Tjiaw8059/
Tiawe8050/
Tjhaw8024/
Thiow808/
Tihaw802/
Tehaw801/
Thiaf801/
Tijaw801/
Tieaw801/
Tjhauw7321/
Tehawe736/
Thiowe732/
Thiafe731/
Tiab676,431/
Tiav671,500/
Tiow67948/
Tjaw6735/
Tyaw673/

Thiaw Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Thiaw in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻴﺎﻭtyaw37.04
ﺗﺎﻭtaw25.93
ﺍﺗﻴﺎﻭatyaw24.69
ﺗﻮtw2.47
ﺃﺗﻴﺎﻭatyaw2.47
ﺗﻴﻮtyw2.47
ﺗﺸﺎﻭtshaw1.23
ﺷﺎﻭshaw1.23

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Footnotes

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