Thiow Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Thiow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Thiow Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Thiow Last Name Facts

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

Thiow (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺗﻴﺎﻭ) occurs more in Australia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thiow? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 38 percent of Thiow reside; 38 percent reside in West Africa and 38 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

The surname Thiow is most commonly held in Australia, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 8,998,567. In Australia Thiow is mostly concentrated in: New South Wales, where 100 percent live. Apart from Australia this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 25 percent live and Senegal, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thiowe912/
Tiow89948/
Thiaw8047,915/
Tijow80206/
Taiow8014/
Tiowe809/
Theow803/
Thiob802/
Tihow801/
Thiof801/
Tieowa732/
Tihowe732/
Tehowe731/
Tihowa731/
Thiawe731/
Teow673,914/
Tiaw67362/
Tjow6762/
Tyow674/
Tiob674/
Tiof674/
Tiov671/
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Thiow Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Thiow in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﺗﻴﺎﻭatyaw50
ﺗﻴﺎﻭtyaw50

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Thiow
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