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 found most in Indonesia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tiau.
How Common Is The Last Name Tiau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 758,524th most widespread last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 19,330,361 people. The surname Tiau is primarily found in Asia, where 59 percent of Tiau reside; 58 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 54 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tiau is also the 378,831st most numerous first name in the world, borne by 501 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 182 people, or 1 in 726,644. In Indonesia Tiau is most common in: Papua, where 46 percent live, Maluku, where 20 percent live and Riau Islands, where 16 percent live. Not including Indonesia this surname is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 28 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live.
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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