Tiau Surname

758,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 377 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tiau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tiau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1821:726,64456,012
Malaysia1061:278,24715,446
Papua New Guinea541:150,99520,848
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
England11:55,718,059489,080
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tjiau89119/
Thiau8955/
Tiaud8912/
Tiaou8910/
Tiaux891/
Tieau891/
Tiaus891/
Thiaux80216/
Teuiau8076/
Tiaahu8055/
Thiaud8018/
Tuhiau808/
Tiahou807/
Thiaou803/
Tihaou802/
Taiyau801/
Thiahu801/
Thiaup801/
Tiahgu801/
Tyau75414/
Thiault73626/
Tiahahu7323/
Tijjaou731/
Thiahou731/
Taiyaou731/
Tayiaou731/
Tieou6742/
Tiouh6719/
Tyahu678/
Thyau676/
Thieault673/
Tyaou672/
Tiout672/
Tyoiu671/
Tioyu671/
Teaou671/

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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 Tiau
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