Tiau Surname
Approximately 377 people bear this surname
Tiau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 182 | 1:726,644 | 56,012 |
| Malaysia | 106 | 1:278,247 | 15,446 |
| Papua New Guinea | 54 | 1:150,995 | 20,848 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Tiau (501) may also be a first name.
Tiau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tiau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tiau is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Tiau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tiau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tiau is the 758,524th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 19,330,361 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 59 percent of Tiau are found; 58 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 54 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 378,831st most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 501 people.
It is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 182 people, or 1 in 726,644. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: Papua, where 46 percent are found, Maluku, where 20 percent are found and Riau Islands, where 16 percent are found. Besides Indonesia this surname occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 28 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tjiau | 89 | 119 | / |
| Thiau | 89 | 55 | / |
| Tiaud | 89 | 12 | / |
| Tiaou | 89 | 10 | / |
| Tiaux | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tieau | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tiaus | 89 | 1 | / |
| Thiaux | 80 | 216 | / |
| Teuiau | 80 | 76 | / |
| Tiaahu | 80 | 55 | / |
| Thiaud | 80 | 18 | / |
| Tuhiau | 80 | 8 | / |
| Tiahou | 80 | 7 | / |
| Thiaou | 80 | 3 | / |
| Tihaou | 80 | 2 | / |
| Taiyau | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thiahu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thiaup | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tiahgu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tyau | 75 | 414 | / |
| Thiault | 73 | 626 | / |
| Tiahahu | 73 | 23 | / |
| Tijjaou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thiahou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taiyaou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tayiaou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tieou | 67 | 42 | / |
| Tiouh | 67 | 19 | / |
| Tyahu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Thyau | 67 | 6 | / |
| Thieault | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tyaou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tiout | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tyoiu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tioyu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teaou | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tiau
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