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
Tiau occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tiau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tiau is the 758,524th most frequently held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 19,330,361 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 59 percent of Tiau live; 58 percent live in Southeast Asia and 54 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tiau is also the 378,831st most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 501 people.
Tiau is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 182 people, or 1 in 726,644. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Papua, where 46 percent are found, Maluku, where 20 percent are found and Riau Islands, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia it is found in 16 countries. It also occurs 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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