Thiwa Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Thiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 169 | 1:417,978 | 73,233 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Thiwa (9,960) may also be a first name.
Thiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Thiwa (Hindi: थिवा) has its highest incidence in Thailand. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thiwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,295,379th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. The surname Thiwa occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Thiwa live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 97 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 61,400th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 9,960 people.
Thiwa is most widely held in Thailand, where it is borne by 169 people, or 1 in 417,978. In Thailand it is mostly found in: Sukhothai Province, where 85 percent live, Chiang Mai Province, where 7 percent live and Bangkok, where 4 percent live. Beside Thailand this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent live and Taiwan, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thiwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thiwa in the Hindi language | ||
| थिवा | thiva | - |
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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 Thiwa
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